Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven "Peace Frog" - The Doors
Baptist Health Arena · December 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 143.0 Over
Money EKU -178 / NKU +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual NKU +10 160 Lost
Massey NKU -0.4 (-9.6)
Massey Totals 141.9 (+18.1)
Bradley-Terry 46%
Weighted B-T 27%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -0.8 (-10.8) 140.6 (+19.4) 45%
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -1.3 (-8.7) 138.9 (+21.1) 44%
Baseline ML NKU -0.5 (-9.5) 139.1 (+20.9) 45%
Baseline Plus ML NKU -0.5 (-9.5) 140.8 (+19.2) 42%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 25, 2025 NKU 8271 EKU
Dec 15, 2022 NKU 6461 EKU
Dec 19, 2021 EKU 8168 NKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU NKU
Overall 17-14 18-15
Conference 12-4 12-8
Home 13-4 12-3
Away 4-10 6-11
Neutral 0-0 0-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.5 73.9
Avg Pts Against 77.4 73.8
Massey -6.2 (#285) -1.0 (#190)
Bradley-Terry -2.08 (#326) -0.98 (#270)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.19 (#328) -1.06 (#259)
RPI 0.374 (#348) 0.439 (#274)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU NKU
FG% 40.5% 46.3%
3PT% 32.4% 28.5%
REB / G 41.7 31.8
OREB / G 15.0 9.9
AST / TO 0.88 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.1% 50.6%
TOV% 18.2% 17.4%
ORB% 34.9% 29.1%
FT Rate 16.1% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 22.0%
DRB% 65.6% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 16.5% 19.6%

Game Analysis

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