Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Kansas Jayhawks
77 69
FINAL Neutral Champions Classic
Michigan State Spartans
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · November 12, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread KU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money KU -250 / MSU +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total KU win
Actual KU +8 146 Won
Massey MSU -3.7 (+11.7)
Massey Totals 156.1 (-10.1)
Bradley-Terry 58%
Weighted B-T 58%
Baseline Plus ML MSU -2.0 (+10.0) 155.1 (-9.1) 55%
Baseline ML MSU -2.0 (+10.0) 147.2 (-1.2) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -0.2 (+8.2) 145.7 (+0.3) 53%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 10, 2021 KU 8774 MSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings KU MSU
Overall 21-13 30-7
Conference 11-9 17-3
Home 14-3 15-1
Away 4-8 8-2
Neutral 3-2 7-4
Last 5 2-0 2-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.1 77.7
Avg Pts Against 69.6 67.1
Massey 3.3 (#113) 7.0 (#55)
Bradley-Terry 0.87 (#76) 0.56 (#127)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.07 (#88) 0.75 (#127)
RPI 0.688 (#55) 0.438 (#212)
Shooting & Four Factors KU MSU
FG% 53.5% 50.8%
3PT% 39.5% 25.0%
REB / G 36.5 46.5
OREB / G 8.5 15.5
AST / TO 2.11 1.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 60.1% 54.3%
TOV% 12.4% 15.3%
ORB% 26.2% 43.7%
FT Rate 18.6% 29.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 39.9%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 21.8%
DRB% 75.7% 76.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.3% 22.8%

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