The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Southland Conference · McDermott Center · January 23, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NICH -3.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money UIW +125 / NICH -163
Model Predictions
Spread Total UIW win
Actual NICH +4 152 Lost
Massey NICH -3.4 (-0.6)
Massey Totals 152.3 (-0.3)
Bradley-Terry 38%
Weighted B-T 29%
Efficiency Plus ML NICH -3.9 (-0.1) 149.7 (+2.3) 35%
Baseline Tuned ML NICH -3.7 (-0.3) 146.9 (+5.1) 32%
Baseline ML NICH -3.5 (-0.5) 148.2 (+3.8) 30%
Baseline Plus ML NICH -3.2 (-0.8) 150.7 (+1.3) 33%

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 14, 2026 NICH 9183 UIW
Dec 6, 2025 NICH 7467 UIW
Mar 11, 2025 NICH 7470 UIW
Jan 14, 2025 NICH 8882 UIW
Feb 27, 2024 NICH 9282 UIW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UIW NICH
Overall 8-23 20-14
Conference 3-15 13-5
Home 5-8 10-2
Away 3-14 8-10
Neutral 0-1 2-2
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L7 L1
Avg Pts For 70.8 73.2
Avg Pts Against 79.3 74.9
Massey -11.3 (#331) -4.1 (#244)
Bradley-Terry -1.95 (#329) -0.74 (#251)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.79 (#335) -1.12 (#263)
RPI 0.382 (#345) 0.468 (#232)
Shooting & Four Factors UIW NICH
FG% 40.7% 41.1%
3PT% 32.5% 34.9%
REB / G 33.5 35.5
OREB / G 10.1 10.4
AST / TO 0.74 0.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 48.1%
TOV% 21.3% 19.0%
ORB% 27.7% 27.7%
FT Rate 28.5% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 16.3%
DRB% 66.4% 64.0%
Opp FT Rate 29.6% 24.3%

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