Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Coppin State Eagles
70 – 80
FINAL Conference
Howard Bison
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Physical Education Complex · February 18, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -6.5 Away covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money COPP +275 / HOW -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total COPP win
Actual HOW +10 150 Lost
Massey HOW -4.1 (-5.9) — —
Massey Totals — 161.5 (-11.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 31% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -5.3 (-4.7) 155.2 (-5.2) 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -6.6 (-3.4) 153.4 (-3.4) 24% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -4.6 (-5.4) 159.0 (-9.0) 29% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -4.5 (-5.5) 160.8 (-10.8) 27% ✓

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 3, 2026 HOW 90 – 70 COPP
Feb 2, 2026 HOW 72 – 53 COPP
Feb 25, 2025 COPP 72 – 61 HOW
Jan 14, 2025 HOW 90 – 75 COPP
Feb 27, 2024 HOW 78 – 69 COPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COPP HOW
Overall 9-23 22-13
Conference 4-10 11-3
Home 4-6 12-2
Away 5-16 6-8
Neutral 0-1 4-3
Last 5 0-5 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 73.4
Avg Pts Against 83.2 73.3
Massey -12.4 (#346) -4.6 (#248)
Bradley-Terry -1.59 (#312) -0.10 (#184)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.05 (#324) -0.49 (#213)
RPI 0.427 (#313) 0.489 (#201)
Shooting & Four Factors COPP HOW
FG% 43.0% 45.5%
3PT% 33.6% 36.5%
REB / G 30.4 33.8
OREB / G 6.5 10.4
AST / TO 0.73 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 52.0%
TOV% 19.9% 23.2%
ORB% 18.4% 31.3%
FT Rate 26.8% 24.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.5% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 21.4%
DRB% 63.8% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 23.2%

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