Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Eastern Michigan Eagles
67 – 74
FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 22, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread PFW -3.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money EMU +145 / PFW -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total EMU win
Actual PFW +7 141 Lost
Massey PFW -6.8 (-0.2) — —
Massey Totals — 148.1 (-7.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 4% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PFW -4.9 (-2.1) 147.1 (-6.1) 27% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PFW -5.6 (-1.4) 148.0 (-7.0) 22% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PFW -5.7 (-1.3) 145.8 (-4.8) 28% ✓
Baseline ML PFW -5.9 (-1.1) 145.1 (-4.1) 29% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 11, 2025 PFW 80 – 65 EMU
Dec 15, 2024 PFW 99 – 76 EMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EMU PFW
Overall 8-23 17-15
Conference 5-13 9-11
Home 6-7 9-6
Away 2-13 7-8
Neutral 0-3 1-1
Last 5 0-3 1-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 71.6
Avg Pts Against 81.3 72.1
Massey -7.2 (#301) -0.4 (#180)
Bradley-Terry -2.62 (#343) 0.58 (#132)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.84 (#339) 0.59 (#147)
RPI 0.330 (#327) 0.605 (#71)
Shooting & Four Factors EMU PFW
FG% 45.0% 34.9%
3PT% 36.4% 29.4%
REB / G 33.3 39.3
OREB / G 7.7 11.0
AST / TO 0.92 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 42.9%
TOV% 16.8% 23.0%
ORB% 21.5% 26.0%
FT Rate 23.3% 14.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.4% 52.2%
Opp TOV% 14.2% 18.4%
DRB% 77.0% 84.2%
Opp FT Rate 33.5% 10.3%

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