I'm so tired of being lonely, I still have some love to give. "Handle With Care" - The Travelling WIlburys
Big Sky Conference · Reese Court · January 3, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MONT -1.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money EWU +100 / MONT -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total EWU win
Actual MONT +11 173 Lost
Massey EWU -1.5 (-12.5) — —
Massey Totals — 155.2 (+17.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 26% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MONT -1.0 (-10.0) 150.5 (+22.5) 49% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EWU -0.8 (-11.8) 148.8 (+24.2) 55% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -0.3 (-10.7) 149.5 (+23.5) 51% ✗
Baseline ML MONT -0.4 (-10.6) 150.8 (+22.2) 55% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 6, 2026 EWU 82 – 74 MONT
Jan 10, 2026 EWU 66 – 65 MONT
Mar 4, 2025 MONT 83 – 72 EWU
Mar 1, 2024 EWU 89 – 79 MONT
Feb 4, 2024 EWU 78 – 65 MONT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EWU MONT
Overall 10-22 25-10
Conference 6-12 15-3
Home 8-6 15-1
Away 2-14 7-8
Neutral 0-2 3-1
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 75.2
Avg Pts Against 76.3 75.0
Massey -4.4 (#243) -1.8 (#191)
Bradley-Terry -1.31 (#289) 0.49 (#129)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.48 (#275) 0.61 (#129)
RPI 0.426 (#301) 0.548 (#92)
Shooting & Four Factors EWU MONT
FG% 45.1% 45.4%
3PT% 32.6% 29.8%
REB / G 29.1 31.7
OREB / G 8.9 8.2
AST / TO 1.15 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 51.4%
TOV% 18.2% 18.7%
ORB% 27.1% 24.6%
FT Rate 22.8% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.3% 53.5%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 14.7%
DRB% 62.7% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.8% 27.4%

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