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Southland Conference · The Field House · February 24, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ETAM -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money ETAM -155 / HCU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETAM win
Actual HCU +1 137 Lost
Massey ETAM -1.9 (-2.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.0 (-1.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ETAM -1.7 (-2.7) 132.3 (+4.7) 56% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ETAM -1.6 (-2.6) 134.5 (+2.5) 58% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ETAM -0.6 (-1.6) 133.2 (+3.8) 55% ✗
Baseline ML ETAM -1.7 (-2.7) 132.8 (+4.2) 58% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 17, 2026 HCU 81 – 70 ETAM
Mar 4, 2025 ETAM 63 – 59 HCU
Dec 6, 2024 HCU 83 – 79 ETAM
Mar 2, 2024 ETAM 98 – 85 HCU
Jan 13, 2024 HCU 69 – 65 ETAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETAM HCU
Overall 11-21 12-20
Conference 6-16 8-14
Home 6-8 9-5
Away 4-13 3-14
Neutral 1-0 0-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 67.1 66.3
Avg Pts Against 76.0 72.4
Massey -8.9 (#302) -7.9 (#286)
Bradley-Terry -1.33 (#286) -1.62 (#310)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.69 (#283) -2.10 (#315)
RPI 0.458 (#258) 0.418 (#327)
Shooting & Four Factors ETAM HCU
FG% 41.9% 43.8%
3PT% 31.2% 33.0%
REB / G 32.4 31.2
OREB / G 9.0 10.1
AST / TO 1.10 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.1% 49.9%
TOV% 19.5% 19.0%
ORB% 25.5% 30.4%
FT Rate 21.6% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.9% 55.1%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 17.2%
DRB% 67.8% 68.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 21.9%

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