I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. "Not Fade Away"-The Rolling Stones
Montana State Bobcats
85 – 78
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Sky
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Big Sky Conference · Idaho Central Arena (Neutral) · March 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -7.5 Away covered
O/U 135.0 Over
Money MTST -345 / NAU +270
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +7 163 Won
Massey MTST -6.1 (+0.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (+24.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MTST -6.0 (+1.0) 140.7 (+22.3) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -7.1 (-0.1) 138.3 (+24.7) 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -5.5 (+1.5) 141.6 (+21.4) 73% ✓
Baseline ML MTST -5.9 (+1.1) 140.9 (+22.1) 74% ✓

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 MTST 76 – 65 NAU
Jan 4, 2026 MTST 77 – 68 NAU
Feb 7, 2025 NAU 69 – 64 MTST
Jan 12, 2025 MTST 58 – 53 NAU
Feb 10, 2024 NAU 76 – 71 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST NAU
Overall 25-10 12-23
Conference 15-3 5-13
Home 12-1 6-8
Away 10-5 3-13
Neutral 3-4 3-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.8 72.5
Avg Pts Against 67.2 76.2
Massey 3.6 (#115) -2.6 (#217)
Bradley-Terry 0.87 (#101) -0.97 (#262)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#105) -0.96 (#247)
RPI 0.561 (#64) 0.455 (#274)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST NAU
FG% 45.5% 43.5%
3PT% 31.4% 35.7%
REB / G 32.0 32.9
OREB / G 7.9 9.6
AST / TO 0.99 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 50.4%
TOV% 17.7% 15.7%
ORB% 25.3% 26.7%
FT Rate 32.9% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 55.3%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 17.4%
DRB% 75.0% 74.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.1% 27.8%

Game Analysis

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