Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Fairfield Stags
68 – 63
FINAL Neutral Conference MAAC
Iona Gaels
Metro Conference · Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall (Neutral) · March 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread FAIR -4.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money FAIR -200 / IONA +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total FAIR win
Actual FAIR +5 131 Won
Massey FAIR -2.7 (+2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 146.8 (-15.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FAIR -2.3 (+2.7) 142.1 (-11.1) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAIR -1.4 (+3.6) 140.2 (-9.2) 56% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FAIR -3.0 (+2.0) 142.0 (-11.0) 63% ✓
Baseline ML FAIR -3.1 (+1.9) 142.7 (-11.7) 67% ✓

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 31, 2026 FAIR 71 – 70 IONA
Feb 2, 2025 IONA 87 – 64 FAIR
Jan 11, 2025 FAIR 68 – 64 IONA
Feb 3, 2024 IONA 91 – 82 FAIR
Dec 2, 2023 IONA 78 – 67 FAIR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FAIR IONA
Overall 24-13 16-17
Conference 14-6 10-10
Home 10-4 9-5
Away 10-6 5-8
Neutral 4-3 2-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.1 71.3
Avg Pts Against 71.7 70.6
Massey -0.1 (#166) -2.8 (#215)
Bradley-Terry -0.06 (#178) -0.68 (#245)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.18 (#180) -0.79 (#243)
RPI 0.520 (#135) 0.495 (#187)
Shooting & Four Factors FAIR IONA
FG% 44.8% 43.2%
3PT% 38.0% 35.4%
REB / G 32.9 31.7
OREB / G 9.7 10.5
AST / TO 1.21 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 50.0%
TOV% 16.0% 14.8%
ORB% 28.1% 28.7%
FT Rate 21.7% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 22.5%
DRB% 68.6% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 18.1% 27.8%

Game Analysis

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