The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Horizon League · Resch Center · January 15, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -9.5 Away covered
O/U 128.5 Under
Money GB +450 / NKU -500
Model Predictions
Spread Total GB win
Actual NKU +21 127 Lost
Massey NKU -8.9 (-12.1) — —
Massey Totals — 127.0 (-0.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 17% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NKU -9.1 (-11.9) 130.9 (-3.9) 17% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NKU -9.2 (-11.8) 131.0 (-4.0) 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -8.6 (-12.4) 133.7 (-6.7) 16% ✓
Baseline ML NKU -8.3 (-12.7) 134.1 (-7.1) 17% ✓

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 8, 2026 NKU 96 – 76 GB
Feb 5, 2026 GB 87 – 84 NKU
Jan 11, 2026 GB 80 – 78 NKU
Feb 15, 2025 NKU 73 – 60 GB
Jan 4, 2025 NKU 78 – 60 GB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GB NKU
Overall 3-29 22-13
Conference 2-18 14-6
Home 2-10 14-3
Away 1-17 6-6
Neutral 0-2 2-4
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L7 L1
Avg Pts For 59.3 66.7
Avg Pts Against 76.5 64.7
Massey -16.3 (#358) -3.5 (#236)
Bradley-Terry -2.55 (#352) -0.28 (#201)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.18 (#354) -0.15 (#192)
RPI 0.366 (#353) 0.483 (#211)
Shooting & Four Factors GB NKU
FG% 41.7% 41.1%
3PT% 28.5% 31.8%
REB / G 27.3 32.6
OREB / G 7.2 11.2
AST / TO 0.73 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 46.9%
TOV% 22.0% 18.5%
ORB% 22.2% 30.9%
FT Rate 24.7% 19.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.8% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 23.3%
DRB% 67.0% 66.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 20.8%

Game Analysis

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