They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Atlantic Sun Conference · Baptist Health Arena · March 6, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money EKU -450 / JAX +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual JAX +2 132 Lost
Massey EKU -7.9 (-9.9)
Massey Totals 145.2 (-13.2)
Bradley-Terry 77%
Weighted B-T 77%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -6.3 (-8.3) 145.7 (-13.7) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -5.6 (-7.6) 144.5 (-12.5) 72%
Baseline ML EKU -5.4 (-7.4) 145.2 (-13.2) 73%
Baseline Plus ML EKU -5.8 (-7.8) 145.2 (-13.2) 74%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 JAX 8176 EKU
Mar 4, 2025 JAX 7867 EKU
Feb 25, 2025 JAX 5955 EKU
Jan 11, 2025 JAX 8275 EKU
Jan 26, 2024 EKU 7559 JAX

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU JAX
Overall 17-14 16-17
Conference 12-4 5-11
Home 13-4 11-3
Away 4-10 4-14
Neutral 0-0 1-0
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.5 69.6
Avg Pts Against 77.4 74.6
Massey -3.1 (#221) -7.8 (#299)
Bradley-Terry -0.29 (#204) -0.89 (#270)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.51 (#215) -1.05 (#265)
RPI 0.503 (#173) 0.457 (#267)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU JAX
FG% 44.6% 43.0%
3PT% 36.6% 33.6%
REB / G 38.6 34.8
OREB / G 12.3 11.5
AST / TO 1.16 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 48.6%
TOV% 16.0% 19.7%
ORB% 32.6% 33.9%
FT Rate 22.1% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 14.0% 17.6%
DRB% 69.2% 69.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 29.0%

Game Analysis

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