In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Wintrust Arena · November 23, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DEP -17.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money DEP -5000 / NIU +1500
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEP win
Actual DEP +46 150 Won
Massey DEP -18.7 (+27.3)
Massey Totals 135.2 (+14.8)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 100%
Baseline Plus ML DEP -19.8 (+26.2) 138.8 (+11.2) 88%
Baseline ML DEP -19.8 (+26.2) 135.9 (+14.1) 88%
Baseline Tuned ML DEP -17.7 (+28.3) 136.7 (+13.3) 88%
Efficiency Plus ML DEP -15.6 (+30.4) 139.2 (+10.8) 87%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 26, 2023 NIU 8979 DEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DEP NIU
Overall 14-20 6-25
Conference 4-16 2-16
Home 11-8 5-10
Away 2-10 1-15
Neutral 1-2 0-0
Last 5 5-0 1-3
Streak L2 W1
Avg Pts For 72.4 67.4
Avg Pts Against 74.5 79.5
Massey 5.1 (#88) -7.2 (#304)
Bradley-Terry 0.87 (#119) -1.98 (#325)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#137) -2.92 (#315)
RPI 0.427 (#285) 0.313 (#348)
Shooting & Four Factors DEP NIU
FG% 49.0% 38.6%
3PT% 39.0% 31.0%
REB / G 40.2 31.2
OREB / G 11.6 8.0
AST / TO 1.39 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.5% 45.7%
TOV% 19.4% 20.3%
ORB% 36.2% 21.2%
FT Rate 26.9% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.2% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 21.5%
DRB% 71.5% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 32.7%

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