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Missouri Valley Conference · Athletics-Recreation Center · February 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VAL -2.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money VAL -145 / MOST +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAL win
Actual VAL +2 130 Won
Massey VAL -2.4 (-0.4)
Massey Totals 145.1 (-15.1)
Bradley-Terry 69%
Weighted B-T 62%
Baseline ML VAL -1.7 (+0.3) 142.9 (-12.9) 61%
Baseline Plus ML VAL -0.9 (+1.1) 141.1 (-11.1) 61%
Efficiency Plus ML VAL -0.3 (+1.7) 138.3 (-8.3) 53%
Baseline Tuned ML VAL -2.1 (-0.1) 142.2 (-12.2) 61%

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 2, 2025 VAL 7372 MOST
Feb 17, 2024 MOST 8274 VAL
Jan 27, 2024 MOST 8170 VAL
Feb 2, 2023 MOST 7667 VAL
Mar 5, 2022 MOST 6758 VAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAL MOST
Overall 15-19 9-23
Conference 6-14 2-18
Home 10-7 7-8
Away 3-10 1-12
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 72.5 67.5
Avg Pts Against 75.3 71.9
Massey -4.1 (#232) -3.3 (#222)
Bradley-Terry -0.74 (#239) -0.98 (#260)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#246) -0.85 (#233)
RPI 0.446 (#281) 0.444 (#289)
Shooting & Four Factors VAL MOST
FG% 41.7% 45.0%
3PT% 31.5% 36.4%
REB / G 33.2 32.3
OREB / G 10.2 10.4
AST / TO 1.05 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 51.7%
TOV% 14.7% 20.7%
ORB% 27.9% 31.7%
FT Rate 28.9% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 54.5%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 19.7%
DRB% 71.5% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 28.0%

Game Analysis

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