This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Matthews Arena · December 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NE -1.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money NE -110 / ODU +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total NE win
Actual NE +13 149 Won
Massey NE -8.0 (+5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 149.8 (-0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NE -6.0 (+7.0) 146.0 (+3.0) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NE -3.8 (+9.2) 142.6 (+6.4) 64% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NE -6.0 (+7.0) 145.3 (+3.7) 71% ✓
Baseline ML NE -5.8 (+7.2) 147.3 (+1.7) 74% ✓

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 15, 2024 NE 75 – 71 ODU
Dec 20, 2020 ODU 66 – 62 NE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NE ODU
Overall 12-20 7-25
Conference 7-11 3-15
Home 7-5 5-10
Away 4-13 1-12
Neutral 1-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L3 L3
Avg Pts For 69.4 70.9
Avg Pts Against 72.3 77.6
Massey -0.6 (#181) -2.4 (#222)
Bradley-Terry -0.55 (#231) 0.04 (#184)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.29 (#210) -0.24 (#206)
RPI 0.490 (#190) 0.525 (#140)
Shooting & Four Factors NE ODU
FG% 47.7% 41.7%
3PT% 33.8% 36.3%
REB / G 32.8 35.4
OREB / G 10.9 10.6
AST / TO 1.07 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 47.1%
TOV% 19.9% 15.7%
ORB% 34.7% 28.0%
FT Rate 27.5% 16.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.0% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.7%
DRB% 66.5% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 28.8%

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