They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Akron Zips
67 – 58
FINAL Conference
Ohio Bobcats
Mid-American Conference · James A. Rhodes Arena · January 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -7.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money AKR -350 / OHIO +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +9 125 Won
Massey AKR -11.2 (-2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 146.3 (-21.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -11.0 (-2.0) 145.3 (-20.3) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -10.3 (-1.3) 144.1 (-19.1) 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -10.7 (-1.7) 145.7 (-20.7) 85% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -10.6 (-1.6) 146.2 (-21.2) 84% ✓

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 24, 2026 AKR 86 – 65 OHIO
Feb 22, 2025 OHIO 84 – 67 AKR
Jan 17, 2025 AKR 92 – 80 OHIO
Mar 15, 2024 AKR 65 – 62 OHIO
Feb 28, 2024 OHIO 74 – 67 AKR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR OHIO
Overall 24-11 20-13
Conference 13-5 13-5
Home 13-1 12-3
Away 7-6 5-7
Neutral 4-4 3-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 76.3
Avg Pts Against 67.1 71.3
Massey 6.1 (#93) -1.4 (#188)
Bradley-Terry 1.56 (#65) -0.70 (#245)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.98 (#68) -0.73 (#230)
RPI 0.578 (#61) 0.443 (#279)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR OHIO
FG% 47.0% 45.3%
3PT% 34.3% 33.9%
REB / G 34.7 35.5
OREB / G 9.5 10.5
AST / TO 1.12 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.0% 51.8%
TOV% 17.5% 14.1%
ORB% 30.1% 29.4%
FT Rate 24.5% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 18.3%
DRB% 72.4% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.7% 26.0%

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