The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Big Sky Conference · Worthington Arena · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -6.5 Home covered
O/U 158.5 Under
Money MTST -310 / SAC +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +21 143 Won
Massey MTST -11.1 (+9.9) — —
Massey Totals — 159.0 (-16.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MTST -11.7 (+9.3) 153.9 (-10.9) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -10.6 (+10.4) 153.9 (-10.9) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -10.4 (+10.6) 152.0 (-9.0) 85% ✓
Baseline ML MTST -10.1 (+10.9) 152.0 (-9.0) 86% ✓

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 30, 2026 SAC 83 – 80 MTST
Mar 1, 2025 MTST 87 – 60 SAC
Jan 31, 2025 MTST 70 – 58 SAC
Mar 13, 2024 MTST 74 – 71 SAC
Feb 25, 2024 SAC 66 – 63 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST SAC
Overall 18-14 10-21
Conference 12-6 6-12
Home 11-2 10-4
Away 6-11 0-16
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.7 75.9
Avg Pts Against 73.5 83.6
Massey 1.9 (#137) -6.2 (#263)
Bradley-Terry -0.15 (#183) -1.37 (#288)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.13 (#160) -1.50 (#274)
RPI 0.500 (#184) 0.426 (#321)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST SAC
FG% 45.1% 41.7%
3PT% 35.5% 31.9%
REB / G 31.5 33.2
OREB / G 8.9 10.0
AST / TO 1.04 1.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 47.5%
TOV% 14.9% 14.5%
ORB% 26.7% 26.5%
FT Rate 23.9% 33.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 55.8%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 17.0%
DRB% 70.4% 66.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 27.1%

Game Analysis

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