Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
NJIT Highlanders
64 – 70
FINAL Conference
Maine Black Bears
America East Conference · Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center · January 20, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ME -4.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money NJIT +200 / ME -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total NJIT win
Actual ME +6 134 Lost
Massey ME -4.2 (-1.8) — —
Massey Totals — 132.1 (+1.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 39% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 31% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ME -4.3 (-1.7) 133.7 (+0.3) 30% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ME -3.0 (-3.0) 132.5 (+1.5) 35% ✓
Baseline ML ME -3.4 (-2.6) 133.1 (+0.9) 42% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ME -3.6 (-2.4) 134.7 (-0.7) 35% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Feb 14, 2026 NJIT 67 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Feb 6, 2025 ME 78 – 74 NJIT
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NJIT ME
Overall 7-21 15-17
Conference 3-13 7-9
Home 5-8 8-4
Away 2-13 5-13
Neutral 0-0 2-0
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 65.7 66.2
Avg Pts Against 75.9 67.7
Massey -11.0 (#328) -3.1 (#226)
Bradley-Terry -1.96 (#328) -0.84 (#258)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.46 (#329) -0.91 (#243)
RPI 0.420 (#306) 0.458 (#249)
Shooting & Four Factors NJIT ME
FG% 39.0% 43.5%
3PT% 30.6% 30.1%
REB / G 32.9 31.3
OREB / G 10.7 7.4
AST / TO 0.84 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.2% 48.6%
TOV% 18.0% 16.5%
ORB% 28.5% 22.0%
FT Rate 22.6% 19.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.7% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 19.6%
DRB% 62.7% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 28.3% 22.4%

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