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Navy Midshipmen
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FINAL Conference
Lafayette Leopards
Patriot League · Alumni Hall (Navy) · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NAVY -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money NAVY -150 / LAF +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total NAVY win
Actual NAVY +1 141 Won
Massey NAVY -1.6 (-0.6)
Massey Totals 142.7 (-1.7)
Bradley-Terry 39%
Weighted B-T 37%
Efficiency Plus ML NAVY -1.5 (-0.5) 137.8 (+3.2) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML NAVY -0.8 (+0.2) 137.4 (+3.6) 52%
Baseline ML NAVY -0.2 (+0.8) 139.2 (+1.8) 55%
Baseline Plus ML NAVY -0.9 (+0.1) 140.7 (+0.3) 56%

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 5, 2026 NAVY 6550 LAF
Jan 10, 2026 NAVY 7650 LAF
Feb 8, 2025 LAF 6151 NAVY
Feb 29, 2024 NAVY 6258 LAF
Jan 13, 2024 LAF 7862 NAVY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NAVY LAF
Overall 15-19 13-20
Conference 10-8 7-11
Home 9-5 10-6
Away 6-12 3-14
Neutral 0-2 0-0
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.1 67.8
Avg Pts Against 71.2 69.7
Massey -8.8 (#308) -6.1 (#274)
Bradley-Terry -2.43 (#339) -1.20 (#275)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.93 (#338) -1.50 (#272)
RPI 0.345 (#361) 0.440 (#281)
Shooting & Four Factors NAVY LAF
FG% 40.8% 39.8%
3PT% 31.5% 33.7%
REB / G 35.8 33.4
OREB / G 12.2 9.2
AST / TO 1.17 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.2% 46.7%
TOV% 16.7% 15.4%
ORB% 32.4% 24.7%
FT Rate 24.8% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 17.7%
DRB% 70.3% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.1% 26.4%

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