I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Horizon League · Beeghly Center · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread YSU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money YSU -150 / NKU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total YSU win
Actual YSU +11 133 Won
Massey YSU -4.3 (+6.7) — —
Massey Totals — 132.7 (+0.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML YSU -2.8 (+8.2) 135.9 (-2.9) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ YSU -3.0 (+8.0) 140.8 (-7.8) 64% ✓
Baseline Plus ML YSU -2.3 (+8.7) 138.2 (-5.2) 61% ✓
Baseline ML YSU -2.2 (+8.8) 137.1 (-4.1) 60% ✓

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 22, 2026 YSU 64 – 58 NKU
Jan 4, 2026 NKU 94 – 79 YSU
Mar 1, 2025 NKU 88 – 79 YSU
Jan 28, 2024 YSU 82 – 52 NKU
Jan 5, 2024 NKU 79 – 76 YSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings YSU NKU
Overall 21-13 17-16
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 10-5 12-6
Away 9-6 5-10
Neutral 2-2 0-0
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 70.6
Avg Pts Against 72.6 72.2
Massey -1.6 (#190) -1.8 (#194)
Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#182) -0.23 (#192)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.34 (#196) -0.39 (#199)
RPI 0.465 (#236) 0.482 (#198)
Shooting & Four Factors YSU NKU
FG% 40.3% 41.7%
3PT% 28.4% 32.6%
REB / G 36.5 35.6
OREB / G 10.7 11.6
AST / TO 0.89 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 48.6%
TOV% 17.6% 18.9%
ORB% 27.6% 31.6%
FT Rate 26.3% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 20.7%
DRB% 69.5% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 18.9%

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