In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Conference USA · Pan American Center · January 19, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NMSU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money NMSU -150 / WKU +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total NMSU win
Actual NMSU +2 142 Won
Massey WKU -3.5 (+5.5) — —
Massey Totals — 146.7 (-4.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WKU -2.1 (+4.1) 141.1 (+0.9) 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WKU -2.7 (+4.7) 141.7 (+0.3) 35% ✗
Baseline ML WKU -2.5 (+4.5) 141.9 (+0.1) 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML WKU -3.5 (+5.5) 145.6 (-3.6) 40% ✗

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 27, 2026 WKU 93 – 70 NMSU
Jan 9, 2026 NMSU 80 – 64 WKU
Mar 1, 2025 NMSU 65 – 47 WKU
Feb 1, 2025 WKU 101 – 69 NMSU
Mar 15, 2024 WKU 89 – 69 NMSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NMSU WKU
Overall 13-19 22-12
Conference 7-9 8-8
Home 12-3 12-2
Away 1-13 6-7
Neutral 0-3 4-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.9 78.8
Avg Pts Against 75.2 74.7
Massey -6.2 (#279) 1.0 (#151)
Bradley-Terry -1.10 (#277) 0.83 (#109)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.14 (#259) 0.73 (#128)
RPI 0.442 (#278) 0.537 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors NMSU WKU
FG% 41.9% 44.1%
3PT% 29.8% 33.1%
REB / G 33.5 39.8
OREB / G 8.9 11.6
AST / TO 0.80 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 49.2%
TOV% 21.0% 18.4%
ORB% 26.6% 29.9%
FT Rate 27.5% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 47.6%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 19.3%
DRB% 71.7% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 40.1% 23.4%

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