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Sam Houston at Illinois

Men’s college basketball · Fri, Nov 13, 7:00 PM ET · Numbers as of Nov 13, 4:20 AM ET

The market favourite is Illinois at 98%, from sportsbook prices with the vig removed.

OutcomeMarket (vig removed)VEMScore model
Sam Houston2%Not yet
Illinois98%Not yet

Model warming up. It needs 5 games per team: SHSU 2/5 · ILL 3/5

Point spread: Illinois -36.5 · Total: 173.5

How to read this

The market number is what the sportsbooks’ prices say about each outcome once the vig, the sportsbook’s built-in cut, is taken out. The model number is VEMScore’s own estimate, built from the final scores of past games. It never sees sportsbook prices. Where the two differ a lot, that is information, not a pick.

VEMScore locks each forecast before the game starts and grades it in public against the market, wins and losses both.

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