Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Conference USA · Ocean Bank Convocation Center · March 2, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WKU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Over
Money FIU +130 / WKU -167
Model Predictions
Spread Total FIU win
Actual FIU +2 168 Won
Massey WKU -5.0 (+7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 160.0 (+8.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 27% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 26% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WKU -4.1 (+6.1) 154.1 (+13.9) 30% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WKU -3.3 (+5.3) 154.1 (+13.9) 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML WKU -4.8 (+6.8) 157.3 (+10.7) 36% ✗
Baseline ML WKU -4.7 (+6.7) 154.8 (+13.2) 35% ✗

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 FIU 92 – 67 WKU
Feb 7, 2026 WKU 80 – 70 FIU
Mar 12, 2025 FIU 64 – 61 WKU
Mar 7, 2025 WKU 76 – 67 FIU
Jan 4, 2025 FIU 85 – 66 WKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FIU WKU
Overall 11-22 22-12
Conference 5-11 8-8
Home 9-6 12-2
Away 1-12 6-7
Neutral 1-4 4-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.3 78.8
Avg Pts Against 77.2 74.7
Massey -6.9 (#288) 1.4 (#147)
Bradley-Terry -1.29 (#300) 0.33 (#141)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.27 (#284) 0.48 (#140)
RPI 0.420 (#322) 0.516 (#144)
Shooting & Four Factors FIU WKU
FG% 42.3% 46.3%
3PT% 32.0% 34.2%
REB / G 30.9 39.1
OREB / G 10.7 10.3
AST / TO 0.99 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 51.6%
TOV% 19.0% 18.6%
ORB% 28.2% 28.7%
FT Rate 18.7% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.1% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 25.0% 18.1%
DRB% 63.1% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.1% 22.9%

Game Analysis

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