Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Howard Bison
90 75
FINAL Conference
Coppin State Eagles
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · January 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -13.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money HOW -1100 / COPP +700
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +15 165 Won
Massey HOW -14.4 (+0.6)
Massey Totals 150.3 (+14.7)
Bradley-Terry 92%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML HOW -10.2 (+4.8) 144.0 (+21.0) 87%
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -10.4 (+4.6) 148.4 (+16.6) 86%
Baseline ML HOW -10.8 (+4.2) 149.4 (+15.6) 87%
Baseline Plus ML HOW -10.4 (+4.6) 146.2 (+18.8) 87%

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 3, 2026 HOW 9070 COPP
Feb 2, 2026 HOW 7253 COPP
Feb 25, 2025 COPP 7261 HOW
Feb 27, 2024 HOW 7869 COPP
Jan 30, 2024 HOW 8166 COPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW COPP
Overall 12-20 6-24
Conference 7-7 4-10
Home 8-6 5-6
Away 3-11 1-17
Neutral 1-3 0-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 61.3
Avg Pts Against 80.7 76.9
Massey -6.9 (#278) -17.5 (#360)
Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#264) -2.84 (#350)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.41 (#276) -3.87 (#353)
RPI 0.457 (#251) 0.381 (#346)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW COPP
FG% 47.2% 36.9%
3PT% 39.4% 27.8%
REB / G 30.1 29.9
OREB / G 8.4 9.6
AST / TO 1.09 0.69
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.0% 41.3%
TOV% 20.5% 21.4%
ORB% 26.4% 25.5%
FT Rate 24.2% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.0% 57.3%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 19.7%
DRB% 67.8% 66.9%
Opp FT Rate 28.4% 27.4%

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