And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big Sky Conference · Bank of Colorado Arena · January 8, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UNCO -1.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money UNCO -110 / MONT +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNCO win
Actual MONT +5 153 Lost
Massey MONT -1.5 (-3.5) — —
Massey Totals — 153.2 (-0.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 57% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 54% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MONT -1.6 (-3.4) 150.5 (+2.5) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MONT -1.2 (-3.8) 149.2 (+3.8) 44% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -1.4 (-3.6) 150.8 (+2.2) 43% ✓
Baseline ML MONT -1.8 (-3.2) 151.4 (+1.6) 41% ✓

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 9, 2026 MONT 95 – 89 UNCO
Mar 3, 2026 UNCO 85 – 57 MONT
Jan 3, 2026 MONT 88 – 79 UNCO
Mar 13, 2025 MONT 91 – 83 UNCO
Feb 7, 2025 MONT 86 – 78 UNCO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNCO MONT
Overall 12-20 17-14
Conference 6-12 10-7
Home 6-7 8-4
Away 3-12 6-9
Neutral 3-1 3-1
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 69.5
Avg Pts Against 77.7 68.8
Massey -5.6 (#271) 0.1 (#173)
Bradley-Terry -0.73 (#250) -0.27 (#205)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.85 (#239) -0.12 (#187)
RPI 0.470 (#229) 0.484 (#207)
Shooting & Four Factors UNCO MONT
FG% 43.2% 45.3%
3PT% 36.4% 35.3%
REB / G 32.2 30.4
OREB / G 7.8 7.4
AST / TO 0.84 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 52.5%
TOV% 19.5% 17.1%
ORB% 23.3% 23.9%
FT Rate 25.4% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.9% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 16.0%
DRB% 70.1% 75.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 36.7%

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