They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Ohio Valley Conference · Kathleen and Tom Elam Center · February 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UTM -8.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money UTM -350 / USI +350
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTM win
Actual UTM +9 145 Won
Massey UTM -10.6 (-1.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.5 (-10.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UTM -9.8 (-0.8) 150.7 (-5.7) 83% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTM -7.5 (+1.5) 150.3 (-5.3) 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTM -9.1 (-0.1) 149.0 (-4.0) 83% ✓
Baseline ML UTM -9.0 (-0.0) 150.8 (-5.8) 80% ✓

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 6, 2026 UTM 76 – 54 USI
Jan 11, 2026 UTM 73 – 56 USI
Feb 28, 2025 UTM 79 – 63 USI
Dec 21, 2024 UTM 77 – 46 USI
Jan 28, 2023 UTM 86 – 83 USI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTM USI
Overall 21-11 8-24
Conference 14-4 5-13
Home 12-2 5-10
Away 9-7 3-13
Neutral 0-2 0-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 79.5 66.9
Avg Pts Against 77.9 75.0
Massey -3.4 (#230) -10.6 (#329)
Bradley-Terry -0.18 (#187) -2.41 (#345)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.45 (#212) -2.84 (#342)
RPI 0.504 (#167) 0.402 (#333)
Shooting & Four Factors UTM USI
FG% 43.5% 39.9%
3PT% 35.6% 32.6%
REB / G 39.8 35.6
OREB / G 10.2 9.9
AST / TO 1.04 0.74
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 45.7%
TOV% 16.1% 20.9%
ORB% 27.1% 27.7%
FT Rate 22.7% 28.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 16.5%
DRB% 72.4% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 35.3%

Game Analysis

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