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Montana State Bobcats
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FINAL Basketball Travelers Invitational
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Worthington Arena · November 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -7.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money MTST -360 / USM +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +20 138 Won
Massey MTST -16.2 (+3.8)
Massey Totals 161.6 (-23.6)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 94%
Baseline Plus ML MTST -12.3 (+7.7) 148.6 (-10.6) 85%
Baseline ML MTST -11.9 (+8.1) 150.6 (-12.6) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -11.4 (+8.6) 152.3 (-14.3) 85%
Efficiency Plus ML MTST -11.5 (+8.5) 147.9 (-9.9) 84%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST USM
Overall 15-18 11-22
Conference 9-9 5-13
Home 11-3 9-6
Away 3-14 1-13
Neutral 1-1 1-3
Last 5 0-4 1-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.7 69.9
Avg Pts Against 70.7 76.5
Massey 1.9 (#137) -7.9 (#304)
Bradley-Terry -1.35 (#281) -1.58 (#291)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.37 (#251) -2.62 (#301)
RPI 0.460 (#236) 0.387 (#323)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST USM
FG% 42.7% 41.7%
3PT% 33.7% 29.8%
REB / G 31.8 33.0
OREB / G 9.8 11.0
AST / TO 1.13 0.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 48.1%
TOV% 17.3% 19.8%
ORB% 27.5% 25.9%
FT Rate 22.0% 25.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.7% 61.1%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 17.2%
DRB% 67.7% 65.7%
Opp FT Rate 35.2% 25.2%

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