This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Atlantic Sun Conference · Baptist Health Arena · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money EKU -140 / JAX +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual JAX +7 157 Lost
Massey EKU -2.4 (-9.4)
Massey Totals 146.9 (+10.1)
Bradley-Terry 54%
Weighted B-T 43%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -1.7 (-8.7) 142.4 (+14.6) 51%
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -0.7 (-7.7) 141.9 (+15.1) 55%
Baseline ML EKU -0.1 (-7.1) 142.4 (+14.6) 48%
Baseline Plus ML EKU -0.5 (-7.5) 143.3 (+13.7) 46%

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 24, 2026 JAX 8176 EKU
Mar 4, 2025 JAX 7867 EKU
Feb 25, 2025 JAX 5955 EKU
Mar 6, 2024 JAX 6765 EKU
Jan 26, 2024 EKU 7559 JAX

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU JAX
Overall 18-14 19-14
Conference 12-6 12-6
Home 10-3 11-3
Away 7-9 7-9
Neutral 1-2 1-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 76.5 71.4
Avg Pts Against 75.9 71.9
Massey -2.5 (#208) -0.9 (#177)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#215) 0.06 (#166)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.66 (#218) 0.48 (#138)
RPI 0.480 (#205) 0.526 (#123)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU JAX
FG% 41.4% 42.5%
3PT% 31.9% 35.6%
REB / G 36.4 34.6
OREB / G 13.1 12.2
AST / TO 1.17 0.77
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.1% 49.1%
TOV% 15.0% 22.6%
ORB% 32.3% 34.3%
FT Rate 17.2% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 20.6%
DRB% 62.7% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 24.3%

Game Analysis

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