And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Akron Zips
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FINAL Neutral Conference MAC
Kent State Golden Flashes
Mid-American Conference · Rocket Arena (Neutral) · March 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -3.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money AKR -188 / KENT +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +1 123 Won
Massey AKR -3.8 (-2.8)
Massey Totals 138.1 (-15.1)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 79%
Efficiency Plus ML AKR -3.2 (-2.2) 133.8 (-10.8) 68%
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -3.6 (-2.6) 137.7 (-14.7) 68%
Baseline ML AKR -3.7 (-2.7) 139.6 (-16.6) 71%
Baseline Plus ML AKR -3.8 (-2.8) 138.0 (-15.0) 72%

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 13, 2026 AKR 7568 KENT
Feb 28, 2026 AKR 9270 KENT
Jan 30, 2026 AKR 6952 KENT
Mar 1, 2025 AKR 7772 KENT
Feb 1, 2025 AKR 8571 KENT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR KENT
Overall 24-11 17-17
Conference 13-5 8-10
Home 13-1 9-6
Away 7-6 4-9
Neutral 4-4 4-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 73.8
Avg Pts Against 67.1 72.0
Massey 3.9 (#109) 0.1 (#164)
Bradley-Terry 0.83 (#108) -0.19 (#192)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.07 (#109) -0.22 (#190)
RPI 0.571 (#52) 0.502 (#171)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR KENT
FG% 45.5% 43.8%
3PT% 32.2% 36.5%
REB / G 35.9 34.4
OREB / G 9.9 10.8
AST / TO 1.09 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 51.0%
TOV% 17.1% 17.5%
ORB% 29.7% 31.0%
FT Rate 24.4% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.5%
DRB% 74.9% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 25.7%

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