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FINAL MAC-SBC Challenge
Ball State Cardinals
Fant-Ewing Coliseum · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -4.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money ULM +180 / BALL -218
Model Predictions
Spread Total ULM win
Actual BALL +5 141 Lost
Massey BALL -3.2 (-1.8)
Massey Totals 146.1 (-5.1)
Bradley-Terry 26%
Weighted B-T 24%
Efficiency Plus ML BALL -3.0 (-2.0) 138.9 (+2.1) 32%
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -2.7 (-2.3) 135.3 (+5.7) 32%
Baseline ML BALL -2.4 (-2.6) 137.3 (+3.7) 32%
Baseline Plus ML BALL -1.6 (-3.4) 139.6 (+1.4) 34%

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 ULM BALL
Overall 4-28 12-19
Conference 1-17 7-11
Home 3-10 7-7
Away 1-15 4-11
Neutral 0-3 1-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L8 W4
Avg Pts For 71.7 66.1
Avg Pts Against 85.4 71.4
Massey -15.9 (#353) -9.7 (#305)
Bradley-Terry -3.30 (#359) -1.74 (#317)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.06 (#359) -2.36 (#320)
RPI 0.369 (#359) 0.409 (#332)
Shooting & Four Factors ULM BALL
FG% 40.9% 40.1%
3PT% 33.1% 29.7%
REB / G 32.4 30.1
OREB / G 9.1 9.6
AST / TO 0.93 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.8% 46.0%
TOV% 18.0% 16.3%
ORB% 24.6% 26.6%
FT Rate 26.3% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.1% 55.2%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 19.3%
DRB% 65.3% 67.6%
Opp FT Rate 18.3% 22.6%

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