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Toledo Rockets
101 71
FINAL Conference
Buffalo Bulls
Mid-American Conference · Savage Arena · February 25, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TOL -11.5 Home covered
O/U 165.5 Over
Money TOL -800 / BUF +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total TOL win
Actual TOL +30 172 Won
Massey TOL -10.5 (+19.5)
Massey Totals 168.3 (+3.7)
Bradley-Terry 89%
Weighted B-T 92%
Baseline ML TOL -11.2 (+18.8) 162.1 (+9.9) 86%
Baseline Plus ML TOL -12.0 (+18.0) 162.7 (+9.3) 86%
Efficiency Plus ML TOL -10.3 (+19.7) 159.7 (+12.3) 82%
Baseline Tuned ML TOL -11.4 (+18.6) 160.5 (+11.5) 85%

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 7, 2026 TOL 9978 BUF
Mar 1, 2025 BUF 8774 TOL
Feb 5, 2025 TOL 8774 BUF
Mar 2, 2024 TOL 8579 BUF
Jan 17, 2024 TOL 7766 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TOL BUF
Overall 27-8 15-17
Conference 16-2 9-9
Home 13-1 11-4
Away 10-4 3-9
Neutral 4-3 1-4
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 84.9 75.4
Avg Pts Against 76.6 79.0
Massey 5.6 (#91) -1.4 (#200)
Bradley-Terry 1.17 (#82) -0.35 (#215)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.26 (#87) -0.48 (#217)
RPI 0.564 (#65) 0.488 (#201)
Shooting & Four Factors TOL BUF
FG% 48.5% 44.4%
3PT% 39.0% 31.6%
REB / G 34.8 37.1
OREB / G 10.3 12.0
AST / TO 1.49 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 49.8%
TOV% 14.0% 19.8%
ORB% 30.2% 32.2%
FT Rate 26.4% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 19.0%
DRB% 69.8% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 26.7%

Game Analysis

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