Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
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% ✗
Baseline Plus ML OHIO -0.2 (-4.8) 147.7 (+15.3) 46% ✓
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% ✓

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 69 – 57 BALL
Jan 17, 2026 BALL 76 – 71 OHIO
Jan 15, 2025 OHIO 86 – 71 BALL
Mar 9, 2023 OHIO 90 – 70 BALL
Jan 11, 2023 OHIO 76 – 71 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%

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