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St. Thomas at Minnesota

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

St. Thomas1-0 · Summit going in
62–76Final
Minnesota1-0 · Big Ten going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM ET · Peacock

The Barn by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN

The Call How this works

GordStats had Minnesota by 10.2✓, the book by 15.5: a lean to St. Thomas +15.5✓.

On the total, GordStats said 142 to the book's 148.5: a lean to the Under✓.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

St. Thomas 19%win chanceMinnesota 81%
GordStatsMinnesota by 10.281% to win · St. Thomas 66–Minnesota 76
BookMinnesota -15.5O/U 148.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Minnesota's defensive rebounding (86th) meets St. Thomas' offensive rebounding (309th).
  • Minnesota's offensive rebounding (93rd) meets St. Thomas' defensive rebounding (292nd).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

St. Thomas Offense vs Minnesota Defense

St. Thomas offMinnesota def
Adj. efficiency
136th106.645th97.7
Effective FG%
122nd53.2%52nd36.4%
Turnovers
73rd12.7%263rd14.3%
Offensive rebounding
309th19.7%86th23.9%
Free-throw rate
163rd35.5%153rd31.4%
3-point %
123rd35.0%51st18.8%

St. Thomas: 70.8 possessions a game (195th fastest) · 55% of shots from three

Minnesota Offense vs St. Thomas Defense

Minnesota offSt. Thomas def
Adj. efficiency
102nd109.5180th105.7
Effective FG%
97th55.3%182nd49.2%
Turnovers
121st15.0%229th15.7%
Offensive rebounding
93rd36.1%292nd37.8%
Free-throw rate
237th28.7%230th39.2%
3-point %
122nd35.0%147th28.6%

Minnesota: 68.0 possessions a game (345th fastest) · 49% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

St. Thomas

  • W87–78at Presbyterian+6

Minnesota

  • W85–50vs North Dakota+16

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.