Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Akron Zips
88 – 76
FINAL Conference
Buffalo Bulls
Mid-American Conference · James A. Rhodes Arena · January 1, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BUF -1.0 Home covered
O/U 143.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +12 164 Won
Massey AKR -0.5 (+11.5) — —
Massey Totals — 143.7 (+20.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -0.1 (+11.9) 143.5 (+20.5) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -1.1 (+10.9) 145.2 (+18.8) 60% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -0.7 (+11.3) 146.3 (+17.7) 53% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -0.4 (+11.6) 145.4 (+18.6) 51% ✓

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 12, 2026 AKR 73 – 70 BUF
Feb 25, 2026 AKR 99 – 85 BUF
Jan 20, 2026 AKR 82 – 63 BUF
Mar 8, 2025 AKR 88 – 70 BUF
Jan 22, 2025 AKR 90 – 58 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR BUF
Overall 24-10 19-11
Conference 14-6 13-6
Home 12-3 9-3
Away 8-4 9-5
Neutral 4-3 1-3
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 68.8 78.7
Avg Pts Against 63.9 73.6
Massey 0.2 (#166) 4.1 (#107)
Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#190) -0.02 (#182)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.41 (#211) 0.80 (#123)
RPI 0.483 (#203) 0.497 (#180)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR BUF
FG% 42.5% 44.1%
3PT% 34.9% 33.5%
REB / G 35.8 42.4
OREB / G 9.6 14.2
AST / TO 0.87 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 50.6%
TOV% 19.1% 19.2%
ORB% 28.7% 36.5%
FT Rate 27.4% 18.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 14.6%
DRB% 73.6% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 19.3%

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