I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Baptist Health Arena · December 23, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money EKU -280 / HPU +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual EKU +19 153 Won
Massey EKU -2.6 (+16.4) — —
Massey Totals — 159.6 (-6.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -3.1 (+15.9) 154.4 (-1.4) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EKU -4.5 (+14.5) 152.7 (+0.3) 64% ✓
Baseline Plus ML EKU -2.4 (+16.6) 152.5 (+0.5) 58% ✓
Baseline ML EKU -2.5 (+16.5) 153.6 (-0.6) 58% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU HPU
Overall 22-7 9-15
Conference 15-5 6-11
Home 10-2 5-5
Away 9-4 4-10
Neutral 3-1 0-0
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 66.7
Avg Pts Against 74.9 69.9
Massey -0.7 (#165) 1.1 (#145)
Bradley-Terry -0.83 (#219) -0.78 (#216)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.88 (#247) -0.52 (#183)
RPI 0.452 (#218) 0.428 (#245)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU HPU
FG% 40.4% 47.0%
3PT% 24.9% 33.0%
REB / G 36.5 33.8
OREB / G 13.5 9.3
AST / TO 1.21 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.4% 51.4%
TOV% 16.0% 17.5%
ORB% 30.2% 28.1%
FT Rate 15.6% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 28.4% 18.8%
DRB% 73.4% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 32.4% 20.4%

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