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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%
Efficiency Plus ML ETSU -15.6 (-8.6) 137.8 (+21.2) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML ETSU -13.5 (-6.5) 140.4 (+18.6) 88%
Baseline ML ETSU -14.3 (-7.3) 141.7 (+17.3) 88%
Baseline Plus ML ETSU -14.3 (-7.3) 141.0 (+18.0) 88%

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 8455 CIT
Dec 30, 2025 ETSU 7449 CIT
Mar 1, 2025 ETSU 8166 CIT
Jan 11, 2025 ETSU 7052 CIT
Feb 29, 2024 ETSU 8163 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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