I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
Montana State Bobcats
75 – 60
FINAL Conference
Idaho Vandals
Big Sky Conference · Worthington Arena · March 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -5.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money MTST -240 / IDHO +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +15 135 Won
Massey MTST -7.7 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 147.6 (-12.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 78% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MTST -6.3 (+8.7) 146.0 (-11.0) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -5.9 (+9.1) 146.4 (-11.4) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -6.1 (+8.9) 145.3 (-10.3) 74% ✓
Baseline ML MTST -5.6 (+9.4) 146.9 (-11.9) 77% ✓

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 9, 2026 IDHO 78 – 74 MTST
Feb 6, 2026 MTST 73 – 66 IDHO
Jan 10, 2026 IDHO 92 – 89 MTST
Jan 3, 2025 IDHO 69 – 64 MTST
Mar 1, 2024 MTST 62 – 48 IDHO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST IDHO
Overall 15-18 14-19
Conference 9-9 8-10
Home 11-3 8-6
Away 3-14 5-11
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.7 72.1
Avg Pts Against 70.7 76.6
Massey -1.2 (#181) -5.7 (#256)
Bradley-Terry -0.77 (#239) -1.02 (#263)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.67 (#219) -1.25 (#265)
RPI 0.468 (#245) 0.451 (#277)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST IDHO
FG% 45.2% 44.0%
3PT% 34.7% 35.6%
REB / G 30.8 32.6
OREB / G 6.9 9.9
AST / TO 1.27 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 52.5%
TOV% 15.1% 18.1%
ORB% 21.2% 29.4%
FT Rate 23.4% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 54.0%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 15.4%
DRB% 70.9% 67.5%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 25.9%

Game Analysis

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