I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Maine Black Bears
68 – 58
FINAL Conference
NJIT Highlanders
America East Conference · Skip Chappelle Court in Memorial Gymnasium · February 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ME -6.5 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money ME -250 / NJIT +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total ME win
Actual ME +10 126 Won
Massey ME -11.1 (-1.1) — —
Massey Totals — 128.3 (-2.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ME -8.4 (+1.6) 129.8 (-3.8) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ME -8.3 (+1.7) 133.0 (-7.0) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ME -9.0 (+1.0) 132.0 (-6.0) 77% ✓
Baseline ML ME -8.6 (+1.4) 129.9 (-3.9) 76% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Feb 14, 2026 NJIT 67 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Feb 6, 2025 ME 78 – 74 NJIT
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ME NJIT
Overall 15-17 7-21
Conference 7-9 3-13
Home 8-4 5-8
Away 5-13 2-13
Neutral 2-0 0-0
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 66.2 65.7
Avg Pts Against 67.7 75.9
Massey -3.1 (#221) -10.9 (#329)
Bradley-Terry -0.69 (#246) -1.69 (#317)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.64 (#230) -2.33 (#328)
RPI 0.476 (#227) 0.423 (#319)
Shooting & Four Factors ME NJIT
FG% 43.2% 39.0%
3PT% 30.4% 30.3%
REB / G 31.8 33.7
OREB / G 7.5 10.8
AST / TO 1.04 0.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.1% 45.0%
TOV% 17.1% 16.8%
ORB% 22.3% 28.6%
FT Rate 20.9% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 19.5% 17.0%
DRB% 73.0% 65.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 26.6%

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