In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Murray State Racers
49 – 66
FINAL Neutral Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Stan Sheriff Center (Neutral) · December 23, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -7.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money MUR +320 / NEB -425
Model Predictions
Spread Total MUR win
Actual NEB +17 115 Lost
Massey NEB -6.2 (-10.8) — —
Massey Totals — 139.0 (-24.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 11% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 7% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -6.1 (-10.9) 140.0 (-25.0) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -7.1 (-9.9) 141.5 (-26.5) 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -6.3 (-10.7) 143.6 (-28.6) 32% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -5.6 (-11.4) 143.9 (-28.9) 33% ✓

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 MUR NEB
Overall 16-17 21-14
Conference 9-11 7-13
Home 8-5 10-6
Away 5-8 5-7
Neutral 3-4 6-1
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 70.6 76.0
Avg Pts Against 70.2 72.6
Massey 3.1 (#114) 9.3 (#60)
Bradley-Terry 0.10 (#162) 2.21 (#48)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.61 (#135) 3.19 (#41)
RPI 0.508 (#159) 0.611 (#32)
Shooting & Four Factors MUR NEB
FG% 45.9% 46.3%
3PT% 36.3% 31.8%
REB / G 35.3 36.9
OREB / G 9.1 9.8
AST / TO 1.05 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.5% 52.2%
TOV% 17.1% 16.0%
ORB% 27.1% 28.2%
FT Rate 31.3% 33.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 21.2%
DRB% 73.3% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 20.7%

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