But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Buffalo Bulls
75 80
FINAL MAC-SBC Challenge
Georgia State Panthers
Broadview Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GAST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money BUF +125 / GAST -145
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual GAST +5 155 Lost
Massey GAST -2.4 (-2.6)
Massey Totals 158.5 (-3.5)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 47%
Baseline ML GAST -2.0 (-3.0) 155.0 (-0.0) 42%
Baseline Plus ML GAST -2.1 (-2.9) 155.4 (-0.4) 42%
Efficiency Plus ML GAST -3.2 (-1.8) 157.4 (-2.4) 38%
Baseline Tuned ML GAST -1.9 (-3.1) 154.5 (+0.5) 40%

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 BUF GAST
Overall 9-22 14-19
Conference 4-14 8-10
Home 6-9 9-6
Away 3-13 3-11
Neutral 0-0 2-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 74.2
Avg Pts Against 81.6 78.7
Massey -13.0 (#345) -7.4 (#283)
Bradley-Terry -1.67 (#316) -1.24 (#279)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.46 (#327) -1.71 (#291)
RPI 0.425 (#310) 0.446 (#269)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF GAST
FG% 41.9% 43.6%
3PT% 30.1% 33.8%
REB / G 33.5 37.5
OREB / G 8.7 11.9
AST / TO 0.97 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 49.5%
TOV% 19.1% 17.4%
ORB% 23.2% 32.6%
FT Rate 21.7% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.1% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 13.3%
DRB% 67.7% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.9% 19.3%

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