I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
Ball State Cardinals
70 – 63
FINAL Conference
Akron Zips
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · January 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Over
Money BALL -120 / AKR +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +7 133 Won
Massey BALL -5.8 (+1.2) — —
Massey Totals — 137.7 (-4.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BALL -4.2 (+2.8) 138.2 (-5.2) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BALL -3.1 (+3.9) 136.8 (-3.8) 66% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -4.8 (+2.2) 138.8 (-5.8) 71% ✓
Baseline ML BALL -4.7 (+2.3) 139.2 (-6.2) 70% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 20, 2026 AKR 78 – 65 BALL
Jan 14, 2026 AKR 87 – 77 BALL
Feb 26, 2025 AKR 87 – 82 BALL
Feb 5, 2025 AKR 81 – 73 BALL
Jan 10, 2024 AKR 80 – 76 BALL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL AKR
Overall 20-12 22-11
Conference 11-7 13-5
Home 12-2 15-1
Away 6-7 5-6
Neutral 2-3 2-4
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 75.0 74.2
Avg Pts Against 72.7 68.3
Massey 3.9 (#107) 2.4 (#131)
Bradley-Terry 0.94 (#96) 0.54 (#121)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.23 (#93) 0.49 (#133)
RPI 0.547 (#96) 0.516 (#148)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL AKR
FG% 46.9% 40.8%
3PT% 39.5% 32.2%
REB / G 34.0 36.7
OREB / G 10.4 11.2
AST / TO 1.01 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 47.7%
TOV% 18.6% 18.0%
ORB% 32.1% 31.2%
FT Rate 32.3% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 19.1%
DRB% 68.2% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 15.2%

Game Analysis

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