And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Mississippi State Bulldogs
90 – 57
FINAL SEC/ACC Men's Challenge
Pittsburgh Panthers
Humphrey Coliseum · December 5, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -5.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money MSST -240 / PITT +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual MSST +33 147 Won
Massey PITT -0.0 (+33.0) — —
Massey Totals — 157.8 (-10.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -3.2 (+29.8) 150.9 (-3.9) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSST -2.0 (+31.0) 151.4 (-4.4) 62% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSST -4.1 (+28.9) 154.9 (-7.9) 62% ✓
Baseline ML MSST -3.5 (+29.5) 152.3 (-5.3) 67% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 15, 2023 PITT 60 – 59 MSST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSST PITT
Overall 21-13 17-15
Conference 8-10 8-12
Home 10-5 13-4
Away 6-5 3-9
Neutral 5-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 79.5 75.9
Avg Pts Against 74.2 70.8
Massey 15.3 (#20) 20.4 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 2.36 (#39) 3.43 (#13)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#32) 5.20 (#15)
RPI 0.637 (#23) 0.720 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST PITT
FG% 45.1% 49.5%
3PT% 33.2% 33.8%
REB / G 39.1 39.0
OREB / G 13.7 10.4
AST / TO 2.07 1.52
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 56.4%
TOV% 11.7% 13.7%
ORB% 33.6% 31.2%
FT Rate 22.6% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 17.4%
DRB% 73.0% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 22.5%

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