Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Ball State Cardinals
79 84 OT
FINAL Conference
Ohio Bobcats
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · February 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread OHIO -1.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money BALL +100 / OHIO -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual OHIO +5 163 Lost
Massey OHIO -0.4 (-4.6)
Massey Totals 148.6 (+14.4)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 51%
Efficiency Plus ML OHIO -0.7 (-4.3) 144.8 (+18.2) 43%
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -0.3 (-5.3) 146.3 (+16.7) 51%
Baseline ML BALL -0.1 (-5.1) 148.8 (+14.2) 46%
Baseline Plus ML OHIO -0.2 (-4.8) 147.7 (+15.3) 46%

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 18, 2026 OHIO 6957 BALL
Jan 17, 2026 BALL 7671 OHIO
Jan 15, 2025 OHIO 8671 BALL
Mar 9, 2023 OHIO 9070 BALL
Jan 11, 2023 OHIO 7671 BALL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL OHIO
Overall 15-16 20-13
Conference 7-11 13-5
Home 9-7 12-3
Away 6-8 5-7
Neutral 0-1 3-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 76.3
Avg Pts Against 72.7 71.3
Massey -4.1 (#244) -0.3 (#167)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#246) -0.41 (#213)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.00 (#253) -0.37 (#199)
RPI 0.454 (#265) 0.465 (#238)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL OHIO
FG% 45.4% 45.3%
3PT% 37.8% 35.3%
REB / G 33.8 35.5
OREB / G 8.7 10.0
AST / TO 0.98 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 52.3%
TOV% 18.7% 14.2%
ORB% 27.0% 28.4%
FT Rate 30.6% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 18.2%
DRB% 73.4% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.8% 25.9%

Game Analysis

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