They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Missouri Valley Conference · CEFCU Arena · January 17, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread INST -4.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money ILST +210 / INST -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILST win
Actual INST +6 142 Lost
Massey INST -6.6 (+0.6) — —
Massey Totals — 141.2 (+0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML INST -5.7 (-0.3) 138.2 (+3.8) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ INST -5.1 (-0.9) 136.0 (+6.0) 28% ✓
Baseline Plus ML INST -6.0 (-0.0) 138.2 (+3.8) 24% ✓
Baseline ML INST -5.5 (-0.5) 137.7 (+4.3) 32% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 15, 2026 INST 94 – 89 ILST
Dec 21, 2025 ILST 85 – 65 INST
Feb 15, 2025 INST 85 – 76 ILST
Jan 22, 2025 ILST 85 – 81 INST
Feb 14, 2024 ILST 80 – 67 INST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILST INST
Overall 7-18 15-10
Conference 4-14 11-7
Home 3-8 9-3
Away 3-9 5-6
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 65.9
Avg Pts Against 73.4 65.8
Massey -7.3 (#278) 2.1 (#132)
Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#252) 0.36 (#141)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.24 (#242) 0.72 (#131)
RPI 0.427 (#269) 0.518 (#135)
Shooting & Four Factors ILST INST
FG% 44.5% 41.2%
3PT% 37.7% 34.9%
REB / G 32.4 31.4
OREB / G 7.8 8.1
AST / TO 0.89 0.66
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 47.1%
TOV% 19.5% 20.8%
ORB% 22.0% 24.7%
FT Rate 14.4% 32.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.4% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 22.1%
DRB% 73.0% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 22.9%

Game Analysis

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