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East Tennessee State Buccaneers
61 76
FINAL Neutral Conference SoCon
Furman Paladins
Southern Conference · Harrah's Cherokee Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ETSU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money ETSU -115 / FUR -105
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETSU win
Actual FUR +15 137 Lost
Massey ETSU -3.6 (-18.6)
Massey Totals 141.1 (-4.1)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 60%
Efficiency Plus ML ETSU -2.1 (-17.1) 136.7 (+0.3) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML ETSU -2.5 (-17.5) 138.9 (-1.9) 62%
Baseline ML ETSU -2.0 (-17.0) 140.6 (-3.6) 63%
Baseline Plus ML ETSU -2.3 (-17.3) 140.5 (-3.5) 65%

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 18, 2026 ETSU 7869 FUR
Feb 5, 2026 ETSU 7571 FUR
Feb 2, 2025 ETSU 7269 FUR
Jan 16, 2025 FUR 7370 ETSU
Feb 10, 2024 FUR 6563 ETSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETSU FUR
Overall 23-11 22-13
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 13-4 11-5
Away 8-6 7-5
Neutral 2-1 4-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.8 74.9
Avg Pts Against 70.1 72.5
Massey 1.6 (#141) -2.0 (#197)
Bradley-Terry 0.07 (#158) -0.23 (#191)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.03 (#162) -0.37 (#195)
RPI 0.531 (#109) 0.519 (#130)
Shooting & Four Factors ETSU FUR
FG% 48.7% 47.0%
3PT% 35.1% 33.1%
REB / G 33.2 36.8
OREB / G 9.0 10.2
AST / TO 1.40 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 54.6%
TOV% 15.2% 17.8%
ORB% 28.6% 30.8%
FT Rate 26.3% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 13.6%
DRB% 72.4% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 20.3%

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