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Buffalo Bulls
79 – 88
FINAL Conference
Ohio Bobcats
Mid-American Conference · Broadview Arena · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread OHIO -12.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money BUF +550 / OHIO -900
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual OHIO +9 167 Lost
Massey OHIO -6.2 (-2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 157.9 (+9.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 21% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OHIO -6.7 (-2.3) 150.5 (+16.5) 26% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OHIO -8.9 (-0.1) 154.0 (+13.0) 20% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OHIO -7.1 (-1.9) 151.7 (+15.3) 23% ✓
Baseline ML OHIO -6.7 (-2.3) 150.9 (+16.1) 22% ✓

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 31, 2026 OHIO 95 – 83 BUF
Jan 10, 2026 OHIO 91 – 80 BUF
Mar 6, 2024 OHIO 78 – 66 BUF
Jan 31, 2024 OHIO 91 – 70 BUF
Feb 15, 2023 OHIO 85 – 61 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUF OHIO
Overall 9-22 16-16
Conference 4-14 10-8
Home 6-9 12-3
Away 3-13 3-10
Neutral 0-0 1-3
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 70.3 79.1
Avg Pts Against 81.6 77.3
Massey -11.0 (#335) -0.8 (#174)
Bradley-Terry -1.41 (#290) -0.05 (#174)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.45 (#321) -0.23 (#188)
RPI 0.456 (#252) 0.504 (#162)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF OHIO
FG% 43.7% 44.9%
3PT% 31.6% 33.4%
REB / G 33.1 32.6
OREB / G 7.2 8.8
AST / TO 0.91 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 52.0%
TOV% 19.2% 16.3%
ORB% 20.6% 25.4%
FT Rate 22.6% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.4% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 19.6%
DRB% 67.9% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 26.7%

Game Analysis

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