In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mid-American Conference · Gervin GameAbove Center · February 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WMU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money EMU +120 / WMU -154
Model Predictions
Spread Total EMU win
Actual EMU +3 137 Won
Massey WMU -0.7 (+3.7)
Massey Totals 141.8 (-4.8)
Bradley-Terry 60%
Weighted B-T 58%
Efficiency Plus ML WMU -0.8 (+3.8) 137.7 (-0.7) 47%
Baseline Tuned ML WMU -0.3 (+3.3) 137.7 (-0.7) 51%
Baseline ML WMU -0.3 (+3.3) 139.4 (-2.4) 46%
Baseline Plus ML EMU -0.6 (+2.4) 139.7 (-2.7) 50%

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 14, 2026 WMU 7662 EMU
Jan 10, 2026 WMU 7962 EMU
Feb 1, 2025 WMU 6154 EMU
Jan 24, 2024 WMU 7356 EMU
Feb 22, 2023 EMU 6659 WMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EMU WMU
Overall 13-18 12-20
Conference 6-12 9-9
Home 9-6 7-7
Away 4-11 3-12
Neutral 0-1 2-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.9 69.5
Avg Pts Against 73.6 75.0
Massey -11.5 (#332) -7.4 (#294)
Bradley-Terry -1.32 (#299) -1.11 (#285)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.88 (#311) -1.52 (#295)
RPI 0.422 (#320) 0.446 (#284)
Shooting & Four Factors EMU WMU
FG% 43.6% 42.2%
3PT% 31.4% 32.9%
REB / G 33.2 37.8
OREB / G 9.6 12.5
AST / TO 0.91 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.7% 48.6%
TOV% 17.0% 19.9%
ORB% 27.1% 33.5%
FT Rate 17.8% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.2% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 16.2%
DRB% 69.5% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.9% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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