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Montana State Bobcats
84 – 73
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Sky
Northern Colorado Bears
Big Sky Conference · Idaho Central Arena (Neutral) · March 6, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -8.0 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money MTST -400 / UNCO +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +11 157 Won
Massey MTST -6.7 (+4.3) — —
Massey Totals — 143.2 (+13.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 82% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MTST -6.9 (+4.1) 142.8 (+14.2) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -5.7 (+5.3) 141.7 (+15.3) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -6.8 (+4.2) 144.8 (+12.2) 76% ✓
Baseline ML MTST -7.0 (+4.0) 143.8 (+13.2) 78% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 20, 2026 MTST 73 – 68 UNCO
Jan 2, 2026 MTST 89 – 75 UNCO
Mar 12, 2025 UNCO 72 – 45 MTST
Feb 9, 2025 UNCO 73 – 66 MTST
Jan 10, 2025 UNCO 83 – 82 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST UNCO
Overall 25-10 12-20
Conference 15-3 6-12
Home 12-1 6-7
Away 10-5 3-12
Neutral 3-4 3-1
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.8 73.7
Avg Pts Against 67.2 77.7
Massey 3.5 (#117) -3.1 (#226)
Bradley-Terry 0.79 (#105) -0.75 (#244)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.91 (#106) -0.73 (#231)
RPI 0.556 (#71) 0.466 (#254)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST UNCO
FG% 45.8% 45.3%
3PT% 31.4% 36.4%
REB / G 31.9 33.4
OREB / G 8.0 8.2
AST / TO 0.99 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 52.6%
TOV% 17.8% 17.5%
ORB% 25.6% 24.4%
FT Rate 32.5% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 20.2% 14.1%
DRB% 74.8% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 26.0% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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