I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Groniger Arena · November 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread EIU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money EIU -160 / NIU +135
Model Predictions
Spread Total EIU win
Actual EIU +13 131 Won
Massey EIU -6.5 (+6.5) — —
Massey Totals — 140.8 (-9.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML EIU -4.0 (+9.0) 142.7 (-11.7) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EIU -3.9 (+9.1) 140.0 (-9.0) 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML EIU -4.8 (+8.2) 140.3 (-9.3) 65% ✓
Baseline ML EIU -4.6 (+8.4) 141.1 (-10.1) 63% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 1, 2022 NIU 90 – 70 EIU
Dec 2, 2021 NIU 55 – 45 EIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EIU NIU
Overall 12-19 6-25
Conference 8-12 2-16
Home 7-7 5-10
Away 4-12 1-15
Neutral 1-0 0-0
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak W4 W1
Avg Pts For 63.5 67.4
Avg Pts Against 70.2 79.5
Massey -10.1 (#330) -10.7 (#333)
Bradley-Terry -1.74 (#305) -1.94 (#310)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.88 (#310) -2.92 (#313)
RPI 0.460 (#242) 0.397 (#318)
Shooting & Four Factors EIU NIU
FG% 39.2% 37.1%
3PT% 31.0% 31.1%
REB / G 30.2 32.5
OREB / G 9.2 7.8
AST / TO 0.77 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.6% 44.0%
TOV% 18.9% 17.7%
ORB% 23.7% 20.0%
FT Rate 16.5% 24.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.6% 53.4%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 17.5%
DRB% 61.0% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 34.8% 34.2%

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