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Illinois State Redbirds
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FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Northern Iowa Panthers
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UNI -1.5 Away covered
O/U 130.5 Under
Money ILST +110 / UNI -130
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILST win
Actual UNI +22 126 Lost
Massey UNI -0.4 (-21.6)
Massey Totals 124.0 (+2.0)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 49%
Efficiency Plus ML ILST -0.2 (-22.2) 126.9 (-0.9) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML UNI -0.6 (-21.4) 126.1 (-0.1) 49%
Baseline ML UNI -0.7 (-21.3) 127.9 (-1.9) 41%
Baseline Plus ML ILST -0.6 (-22.6) 128.0 (-2.0) 45%

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 26, 2026 ILST 7169 UNI
Jan 22, 2026 ILST 5954 UNI
Feb 8, 2025 UNI 6865 ILST
Jan 12, 2025 UNI 8584 ILST
Feb 22, 2024 ILST 8173 UNI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILST UNI
Overall 23-13 23-13
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 14-2 12-5
Away 7-7 6-6
Neutral 2-4 5-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 68.6
Avg Pts Against 69.1 62.5
Massey 6.8 (#89) 7.2 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 0.57 (#113) 0.49 (#118)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.67 (#119) 0.70 (#115)
RPI 0.537 (#97) 0.543 (#87)
Shooting & Four Factors ILST UNI
FG% 46.6% 46.1%
3PT% 35.3% 33.7%
REB / G 35.6 32.0
OREB / G 9.6 7.0
AST / TO 1.18 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 52.9%
TOV% 16.8% 14.1%
ORB% 28.8% 21.7%
FT Rate 22.1% 17.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 18.6%
DRB% 74.9% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 20.5%

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