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Howard Bison
78 – 69
FINAL Conference
Coppin State Eagles
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · February 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -14.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money HOW -1400 / COPP +700
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +9 147 Won
Massey HOW -14.6 (-5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 138.9 (+8.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -11.1 (-2.1) 140.1 (+6.9) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -11.2 (-2.2) 136.3 (+10.7) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -11.5 (-2.5) 138.5 (+8.5) 87% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -10.7 (-1.7) 139.3 (+7.7) 87% ✓

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 3, 2026 HOW 90 – 70 COPP
Feb 2, 2026 HOW 72 – 53 COPP
Feb 25, 2025 COPP 72 – 61 HOW
Jan 14, 2025 HOW 90 – 75 COPP
Jan 30, 2024 HOW 81 – 66 COPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW COPP
Overall 18-17 2-27
Conference 9-5 1-13
Home 9-4 2-8
Away 6-9 0-17
Neutral 3-4 0-2
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L13
Avg Pts For 74.5 57.9
Avg Pts Against 75.1 72.8
Massey -6.2 (#276) -17.4 (#360)
Bradley-Terry -1.26 (#296) -3.50 (#361)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.40 (#288) -3.85 (#358)
RPI 0.440 (#291) 0.337 (#362)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW COPP
FG% 44.6% 37.3%
3PT% 36.6% 27.4%
REB / G 35.2 30.5
OREB / G 10.8 9.6
AST / TO 0.89 0.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 42.0%
TOV% 21.2% 22.8%
ORB% 32.2% 26.6%
FT Rate 30.2% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 21.5%
DRB% 68.4% 61.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 28.5%

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