Hmm, you're so pretty, not to talk to you would be a crime. "Baby, Baby" - The Vibrators
Belmont Bruins
85 68
FINAL Conference
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -7.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money BEL -360 / MOST +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +17 153 Won
Massey BEL -8.6 (+8.4)
Massey Totals 156.1 (-3.1)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 93%
Baseline ML BEL -6.8 (+10.2) 151.2 (+1.8) 76%
Baseline Plus ML BEL -7.7 (+9.3) 148.6 (+4.4) 78%
Efficiency Plus ML BEL -7.9 (+9.1) 147.4 (+5.6) 79%
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -7.4 (+9.6) 149.3 (+3.7) 79%

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 27, 2025 BEL 7465 MOST
Feb 24, 2024 BEL 9378 MOST
Feb 3, 2024 MOST 8780 BEL
Feb 9, 2023 MOST 6159 BEL
Jan 7, 2023 BEL 7461 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL MOST
Overall 22-11 9-23
Conference 13-7 2-18
Home 11-5 7-8
Away 9-4 1-12
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 78.9 67.5
Avg Pts Against 76.8 71.9
Massey 1.7 (#135) -3.7 (#226)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#89) -1.08 (#267)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.91 (#104) -0.97 (#236)
RPI 0.553 (#79) 0.438 (#286)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL MOST
FG% 46.4% 44.2%
3PT% 37.6% 37.1%
REB / G 35.3 32.5
OREB / G 10.4 10.7
AST / TO 1.53 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 51.2%
TOV% 15.7% 20.4%
ORB% 28.7% 32.1%
FT Rate 19.5% 23.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 54.5%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 19.5%
DRB% 71.0% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.2% 29.4%

Game Analysis

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