The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Maine Black Bears
65 – 61
FINAL Conference
NJIT Highlanders
America East Conference · Cross Insurance Center · February 20, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread NJIT -1.5 Home covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total ME win
Actual ME +4 126 Won
Massey NJIT -3.9 (+7.9) — —
Massey Totals — 127.1 (-1.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NJIT -4.6 (+8.6) 130.0 (-4.0) 35% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML NJIT -3.2 (+7.2) 129.3 (-3.3) 32% ✗
Baseline ML NJIT -3.1 (+7.1) 129.9 (-3.9) 37% ✗
Baseline Plus ML NJIT -3.4 (+7.4) 130.7 (-4.7) 32% ✗

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 ME NJIT
Overall 6-23 11-18
Conference 3-15 6-12
Home 5-9 6-8
Away 1-14 5-10
Neutral 0-0 0-0
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L3 L5
Avg Pts For 60.7 62.5
Avg Pts Against 73.8 71.0
Massey -16.0 (#354) -9.3 (#313)
Bradley-Terry -3.38 (#355) -1.36 (#288)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.95 (#355) -2.02 (#301)
RPI 0.368 (#352) 0.433 (#303)
Shooting & Four Factors ME NJIT
FG% 40.4% 40.5%
3PT% 31.8% 32.2%
REB / G 30.0 35.1
OREB / G 8.1 8.3
AST / TO 0.95 0.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 46.3%
TOV% 20.1% 18.8%
ORB% 23.2% 23.3%
FT Rate 13.8% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.4% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 17.2%
DRB% 70.0% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 20.0%

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