Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Big South Conference · Kimmel Arena · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HPU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money UNCA +150 / HPU -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNCA win
Actual UNCA +4 202 Won
Massey HPU -0.3 (+4.3) — —
Massey Totals — 150.5 (+51.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 48% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HPU -0.3 (+4.3) 149.4 (+52.6) 48% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNCA -0.2 (+3.8) 148.9 (+53.1) 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNCA -0.0 (+4.0) 149.0 (+53.0) 51% ✓
Baseline ML HPU -0.6 (+4.6) 150.8 (+51.2) 46% ✗

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 HPU 75 – 71 UNCA
Feb 20, 2026 HPU 74 – 48 UNCA
Dec 31, 2025 HPU 87 – 69 UNCA
Feb 9, 2025 HPU 104 – 100 UNCA
Feb 7, 2024 UNCA 86 – 81 HPU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNCA HPU
Overall 21-11 29-6
Conference 11-5 14-2
Home 13-1 16-1
Away 6-9 7-3
Neutral 2-1 6-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 81.2
Avg Pts Against 79.5 70.7
Massey -3.0 (#215) 1.4 (#137)
Bradley-Terry -0.25 (#189) 0.61 (#122)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.27 (#190) 0.66 (#127)
RPI 0.497 (#174) 0.505 (#161)
Shooting & Four Factors UNCA HPU
FG% 44.5% 47.2%
3PT% 33.9% 36.8%
REB / G 36.0 32.7
OREB / G 12.4 9.9
AST / TO 1.03 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 55.0%
TOV% 17.3% 16.7%
ORB% 33.0% 32.5%
FT Rate 21.8% 32.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 17.4%
DRB% 65.9% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 25.4%

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