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Ball State Cardinals
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FINAL Neutral Gulf Coast Showcase
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Hertz Arena (Neutral) · November 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money BALL +135 / EKU -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +2 124 Won
Massey EKU -12.9 (+14.9)
Massey Totals 148.0 (-24.0)
Bradley-Terry 0%
Weighted B-T 0%
Baseline Plus ML EKU -7.8 (+9.8) 143.5 (-19.5) 35%
Baseline ML EKU -7.1 (+9.1) 139.9 (-15.9) 33%
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -6.6 (+8.6) 140.1 (-16.1) 25%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -6.6 (+8.6) 141.3 (-17.3) 45%

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 BALL EKU
Overall 14-17 18-14
Conference 7-11 12-6
Home 8-7 10-3
Away 4-9 7-9
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 0-4 2-1
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 76.5
Avg Pts Against 75.2 75.9
Massey -8.3 (#311) 4.5 (#102)
Bradley-Terry -4.05 (#360) 1.32 (#84)
W. Bradley-Terry -6.53 (#363) 1.78 (#95)
RPI 0.336 (#347) 0.575 (#83)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL EKU
FG% 36.7% 46.2%
3PT% 28.0% 36.7%
REB / G 34.0 37.7
OREB / G 8.2 14.0
AST / TO 0.98 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.0% 53.6%
TOV% 15.1% 17.9%
ORB% 20.4% 36.8%
FT Rate 39.8% 9.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 15.3% 19.4%
DRB% 73.0% 60.7%
Opp FT Rate 31.9% 22.4%

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