All your compliments and your cutting remarks are captured here in my quotation marks. "Everyday I Write the Book" - Elvis Costello
Akron Zips
94 55
FINAL Conference
Northern Illinois Huskies
Mid-American Conference · James A. Rhodes Arena · March 6, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -23.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +39 149 Won
Massey AKR -25.2 (+13.8)
Massey Totals 156.6 (-7.6)
Bradley-Terry 98%
Weighted B-T 99%
Efficiency Plus ML AKR -22.3 (+16.7) 154.2 (-5.2) 91%
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -20.2 (+18.8) 153.6 (-4.6) 91%
Baseline ML AKR -23.9 (+15.1) 154.2 (-5.2) 91%
Baseline Plus ML AKR -24.3 (+14.7) 150.9 (-1.9) 91%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 19, 2025 AKR 7363 NIU
Jan 29, 2025 AKR 8070 NIU
Mar 2, 2024 AKR 8073 NIU
Jan 3, 2024 AKR 7351 NIU
Jan 4, 2023 AKR 7651 NIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR NIU
Overall 29-6 9-21
Conference 17-1 4-14
Home 15-0 6-7
Away 9-3 3-14
Neutral 5-3 0-0
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 86.4 66.3
Avg Pts Against 75.0 78.9
Massey 9.9 (#61) -12.3 (#331)
Bradley-Terry 1.80 (#57) -1.55 (#309)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.00 (#65) -2.35 (#325)
RPI 0.600 (#27) 0.430 (#316)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR NIU
FG% 49.9% 40.7%
3PT% 38.2% 31.4%
REB / G 37.0 33.4
OREB / G 11.2 11.1
AST / TO 1.64 0.78
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.6% 47.8%
TOV% 15.7% 21.9%
ORB% 34.1% 31.0%
FT Rate 22.7% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.1% 54.8%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 16.3%
DRB% 69.5% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 28.6%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.