This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Metro Conference · Knott Arena · March 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money MSM -125 / SIE +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSM win
Actual MSM +6 164 Won
Massey MSM -1.1 (+4.9) — —
Massey Totals — 143.3 (+20.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSM -0.5 (+5.5) 144.6 (+19.4) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSM -2.3 (+3.7) 144.1 (+19.9) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSM -1.2 (+4.8) 143.6 (+20.4) 59% ✓
Baseline ML MSM -1.0 (+5.0) 144.1 (+19.9) 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

Mar 8, 2026 SIE 63 – 58 MSM
Jan 11, 2026 SIE 67 – 50 MSM
Jan 24, 2025 SIE 82 – 68 MSM
Feb 4, 2024 MSM 68 – 61 SIE
Dec 3, 2023 MSM 80 – 48 SIE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSM SIE
Overall 23-13 14-18
Conference 12-8 9-11
Home 10-4 9-5
Away 9-8 4-10
Neutral 4-1 1-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.3 72.2
Avg Pts Against 70.7 72.1
Massey -6.0 (#263) -3.8 (#229)
Bradley-Terry -0.30 (#195) -0.76 (#240)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.73 (#226) -0.79 (#232)
RPI 0.512 (#166) 0.490 (#197)
Shooting & Four Factors MSM SIE
FG% 44.0% 43.4%
3PT% 33.9% 33.4%
REB / G 37.0 32.1
OREB / G 10.5 9.6
AST / TO 1.00 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 50.1%
TOV% 21.6% 17.6%
ORB% 31.4% 28.6%
FT Rate 23.6% 28.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 18.5%
DRB% 71.3% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 23.9%

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