And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
83 – 76
FINAL Neutral Conference SoCon
The Citadel Bulldogs
Southern Conference · Harrah's Cherokee Center (Neutral) · March 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ETSU -14.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money ETSU -1600 / CIT +900
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETSU win
Actual ETSU +7 159 Won
Massey ETSU -16.4 (-9.4) — —
Massey Totals — 141.7 (+17.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 87% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ETSU -12.9 (-5.9) 141.3 (+17.7) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ETSU -14.0 (-7.0) 139.8 (+19.2) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ETSU -12.7 (-5.7) 141.5 (+17.5) 87% ✓
Baseline ML ETSU -13.3 (-6.3) 142.3 (+16.7) 87% ✓

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 24, 2026 ETSU 84 – 55 CIT
Dec 30, 2025 ETSU 74 – 49 CIT
Mar 1, 2025 ETSU 81 – 66 CIT
Jan 11, 2025 ETSU 70 – 52 CIT
Feb 29, 2024 ETSU 81 – 63 CIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETSU CIT
Overall 23-11 11-22
Conference 13-5 7-11
Home 13-4 7-8
Away 8-6 3-12
Neutral 2-1 1-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.8 68.3
Avg Pts Against 70.1 78.9
Massey 2.0 (#135) -14.4 (#348)
Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#163) -1.88 (#329)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.02 (#164) -2.62 (#336)
RPI 0.527 (#121) 0.411 (#347)
Shooting & Four Factors ETSU CIT
FG% 48.5% 41.6%
3PT% 34.9% 32.0%
REB / G 33.4 32.1
OREB / G 9.1 10.1
AST / TO 1.40 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 49.3%
TOV% 15.2% 16.3%
ORB% 28.7% 27.7%
FT Rate 26.5% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 57.3%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 14.8%
DRB% 73.0% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 22.9%

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