And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
South Dakota Coyotes
75 – 79
FINAL Neutral Conference Summit League
North Dakota State Bison
Summit League · Sanford Pentagon (Neutral) · March 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money SDAK +150 / NDSU -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total SDAK win
Actual NDSU +4 154 Lost
Massey NDSU -0.4 (-3.6) — —
Massey Totals — 139.1 (+14.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 43% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NDSU -0.3 (-3.7) 142.4 (+11.6) 49% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NDSU -1.0 (-3.0) 138.2 (+15.8) 47% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NDSU -0.5 (-3.5) 143.6 (+10.4) 48% ✓
Baseline ML NDSU -0.2 (-3.8) 143.2 (+10.8) 47% ✓

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 31, 2026 NDSU 89 – 84 SDAK
Dec 31, 2025 NDSU 84 – 61 SDAK
Mar 8, 2025 SDAK 85 – 84 NDSU
Feb 27, 2025 NDSU 82 – 78 SDAK
Jan 18, 2025 NDSU 103 – 77 SDAK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SDAK NDSU
Overall 14-11 15-12
Conference 11-4 11-5
Home 7-2 6-2
Away 5-4 5-7
Neutral 2-5 4-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 69.7
Avg Pts Against 73.4 67.7
Massey -0.2 (#168) 0.2 (#160)
Bradley-Terry -0.55 (#218) -0.45 (#210)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.81 (#219) -0.53 (#207)
RPI 0.482 (#202) 0.493 (#180)
Shooting & Four Factors SDAK NDSU
FG% 46.3% 44.4%
3PT% 38.9% 34.1%
REB / G 34.7 36.8
OREB / G 7.2 9.2
AST / TO 1.31 0.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 50.8%
TOV% 15.2% 18.9%
ORB% 21.8% 28.1%
FT Rate 25.8% 25.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 15.3% 13.6%
DRB% 76.3% 80.4%
Opp FT Rate 25.4% 18.1%

Game Analysis

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