Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
NJIT Highlanders
69 – 66
FINAL Conference
Maine Black Bears
America East Conference · Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center · January 2, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread NJIT -10.0 Away covered
O/U 120.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total NJIT win
Actual NJIT +3 135 Won
Massey NJIT -17.4 (-14.4) — —
Massey Totals — 123.9 (+11.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NJIT -11.1 (-8.1) 131.8 (+3.2) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NJIT -11.5 (-8.5) 132.8 (+2.2) 87% ✓
Baseline ML NJIT -11.4 (-8.4) 132.3 (+2.7) 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NJIT -10.8 (-7.8) 132.3 (+2.7) 88% ✓

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 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Feb 14, 2026 NJIT 67 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Feb 6, 2025 ME 78 – 74 NJIT
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NJIT ME
Overall 11-18 6-23
Conference 6-12 3-15
Home 6-8 5-9
Away 5-10 1-14
Neutral 0-0 0-0
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L5 L3
Avg Pts For 62.5 60.7
Avg Pts Against 71.0 73.8
Massey -6.3 (#278) -19.3 (#357)
Bradley-Terry -1.41 (#285) -4.43 (#357)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.56 (#316) -6.24 (#357)
RPI 0.431 (#290) 0.333 (#353)
Shooting & Four Factors NJIT ME
FG% 38.0% 36.0%
3PT% 32.7% 24.2%
REB / G 36.9 30.0
OREB / G 8.9 8.5
AST / TO 0.84 0.69
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.5% 40.7%
TOV% 18.9% 23.6%
ORB% 23.5% 24.0%
FT Rate 24.2% 16.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 55.7%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 18.3%
DRB% 71.8% 68.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 22.9%

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