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North Dakota State Bison
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FINAL Neutral Conference Summit League
South Dakota Coyotes
Summit League · Denny Sanford Premier Center (Neutral) · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 164.5 Over
Money NDSU -130 / SDAK +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual SDAK +1 169 Lost
Massey NDSU -6.5 (-7.5)
Massey Totals 173.1 (-4.1)
Bradley-Terry 69%
Weighted B-T 76%
Baseline Plus ML NDSU -8.7 (-9.7) 166.3 (+2.7) 73%
Model 4 ML NDSU -6.4 (-7.4) 163.5 (+5.5) 70%
Model 3 ML NDSU -7.5 (-8.5) 164.9 (+4.1) 76%
Baseline ML NDSU -7.4 (-8.4) 163.4 (+5.6) 78%

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 31, 2026 NDSU 8984 SDAK
Dec 31, 2025 NDSU 8461 SDAK
Feb 27, 2025 NDSU 8278 SDAK
Jan 18, 2025 NDSU 10377 SDAK
Mar 1, 2024 SDAK 8868 NDSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU SDAK
Overall 21-11 19-14
Conference 10-6 9-7
Home 11-4 14-2
Away 8-6 4-11
Neutral 2-1 1-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.7 84.4
Avg Pts Against 76.0 86.6
Massey 2.9 (#121) -3.6 (#224)
Bradley-Terry 0.29 (#149) -0.50 (#216)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.32 (#148) -0.84 (#234)
RPI 0.522 (#139) 0.471 (#241)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU SDAK
FG% 47.6% 44.6%
3PT% 39.6% 31.7%
REB / G 33.6 35.2
OREB / G 8.1 11.7
AST / TO 1.44 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.3% 50.5%
TOV% 15.4% 12.7%
ORB% 26.0% 30.1%
FT Rate 25.6% 32.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 54.4%
Opp TOV% 11.2% 17.4%
DRB% 71.2% 63.9%
Opp FT Rate 18.5% 25.1%

Game Analysis

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