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Northern Iowa Panthers
75 – 62
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Illinois State Redbirds
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UNI -3.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money UNI -200 / ILST +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNI win
Actual UNI +13 137 Won
Massey UNI -3.2 (+9.8) — —
Massey Totals — 135.4 (+1.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNI -2.3 (+10.7) 138.2 (-1.2) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNI -3.3 (+9.7) 134.5 (+2.5) 65% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNI -2.0 (+11.0) 138.7 (-1.7) 58% ✓
Baseline ML UNI -1.9 (+11.1) 141.2 (-4.2) 59% ✓

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 UNI 74 – 52 ILST
Feb 26, 2026 ILST 71 – 69 UNI
Jan 22, 2026 ILST 59 – 54 UNI
Feb 8, 2025 UNI 68 – 65 ILST
Jan 12, 2025 UNI 85 – 84 ILST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNI ILST
Overall 14-18 11-21
Conference 9-11 6-14
Home 8-8 8-7
Away 4-7 3-9
Neutral 2-3 0-5
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.0 66.5
Avg Pts Against 70.6 70.5
Massey -2.5 (#217) -5.7 (#274)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#228) -1.05 (#271)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.61 (#225) -1.32 (#274)
RPI 0.477 (#226) 0.439 (#300)
Shooting & Four Factors UNI ILST
FG% 44.9% 43.4%
3PT% 33.8% 33.6%
REB / G 32.7 32.6
OREB / G 7.7 8.8
AST / TO 0.92 0.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 50.3%
TOV% 18.0% 21.7%
ORB% 23.1% 28.4%
FT Rate 21.6% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.1% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 16.8%
DRB% 77.8% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 23.8%

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