I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Metro Conference · Gallagher Center · January 13, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread FAIR -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money NIA +110 / FAIR -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual NIA +24 168 Won
Massey FAIR -2.4 (+26.4) — —
Massey Totals — 152.1 (+15.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 45% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✗
Baseline Plus ML FAIR -2.2 (+26.2) 148.5 (+19.5) 36% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAIR -1.9 (+25.9) 148.1 (+19.9) 38% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML FAIR -2.2 (+26.2) 147.0 (+21.0) 40% ✗
Baseline ML FAIR -2.3 (+26.3) 149.3 (+18.7) 36% ✗

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 23, 2026 FAIR 62 – 61 NIA
Jan 4, 2026 FAIR 83 – 75 NIA
Jan 17, 2025 FAIR 70 – 66 NIA
Feb 17, 2024 NIA 65 – 63 FAIR
Feb 25, 2023 NIA 76 – 68 FAIR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIA FAIR
Overall 16-16 24-13
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 5-9 10-4
Away 10-6 10-6
Neutral 1-1 4-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 75.1
Avg Pts Against 72.4 71.7
Massey -6.9 (#287) -0.4 (#176)
Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#271) -0.09 (#186)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.62 (#295) -0.32 (#207)
RPI 0.443 (#276) 0.481 (#210)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA FAIR
FG% 45.2% 44.1%
3PT% 37.2% 35.1%
REB / G 30.3 33.6
OREB / G 7.8 9.6
AST / TO 1.01 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 51.3%
TOV% 17.5% 17.7%
ORB% 25.1% 27.7%
FT Rate 25.6% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.1% 50.0%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 20.7%
DRB% 72.3% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 18.7%

Game Analysis

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