In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · February 25, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MASS -3.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money BALL +160 / MASS -192
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +1 147 Won
Massey MASS -6.1 (+7.1)
Massey Totals 144.0 (+3.0)
Bradley-Terry 24%
Weighted B-T 17%
Efficiency Plus ML MASS -5.5 (+6.5) 139.4 (+7.6) 32%
Baseline Tuned ML MASS -5.5 (+6.5) 138.2 (+8.8) 29%
Baseline ML MASS -5.5 (+6.5) 138.8 (+8.2) 30%
Baseline Plus ML MASS -4.3 (+5.3) 140.3 (+6.7) 41%

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 10, 2026 MASS 7971 BALL
Nov 21, 2021 BALL 8986 MASS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL MASS
Overall 12-19 17-16
Conference 7-11 7-11
Home 7-7 11-5
Away 4-11 2-8
Neutral 1-1 4-3
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak W4 L1
Avg Pts For 66.1 79.9
Avg Pts Against 71.4 78.8
Massey -10.0 (#311) -0.9 (#180)
Bradley-Terry -1.85 (#325) -0.20 (#189)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.45 (#330) -0.27 (#185)
RPI 0.403 (#348) 0.492 (#203)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL MASS
FG% 39.8% 47.2%
3PT% 30.8% 36.8%
REB / G 30.9 36.2
OREB / G 9.8 11.5
AST / TO 1.07 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 53.7%
TOV% 16.7% 18.0%
ORB% 27.1% 32.7%
FT Rate 22.9% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.0% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 17.5%
DRB% 68.1% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.7% 33.8%

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