And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Missouri State Bears
66 – 55
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Valparaiso Beacons
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 6, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -7.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money MOST -300 / VAL +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual MOST +11 121 Won
Massey MOST -8.2 (+2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 136.0 (-15.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -8.1 (+2.9) 134.7 (-13.7) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MOST -5.8 (+5.2) 133.9 (-12.9) 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MOST -7.8 (+3.2) 135.2 (-14.2) 79% ✓
Baseline ML MOST -7.4 (+3.6) 135.0 (-14.0) 80% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 20, 2025 VAL 66 – 64 MOST
Jan 2, 2025 VAL 73 – 72 MOST
Feb 17, 2024 MOST 82 – 74 VAL
Jan 27, 2024 MOST 81 – 70 VAL
Feb 2, 2023 MOST 76 – 67 VAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST VAL
Overall 17-7 10-18
Conference 12-6 7-11
Home 9-4 6-6
Away 7-2 4-11
Neutral 1-1 0-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.5 63.3
Avg Pts Against 67.3 68.7
Massey 5.5 (#94) -2.7 (#208)
Bradley-Terry 0.93 (#95) -0.72 (#233)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.90 (#110) -0.96 (#236)
RPI 0.537 (#103) 0.447 (#267)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST VAL
FG% 47.9% 41.8%
3PT% 34.4% 30.2%
REB / G 35.7 32.2
OREB / G 7.3 7.1
AST / TO 1.07 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 47.9%
TOV% 18.4% 18.2%
ORB% 23.6% 20.6%
FT Rate 23.7% 18.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 14.9% 17.8%
DRB% 78.2% 73.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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