They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big Sky Conference · Cowan Spectrum · January 2, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread NAU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money IDHO +140 / NAU -160
Model Predictions
Spread Total IDHO win
Actual NAU +5 161 Lost
Massey IDHO -2.3 (-7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 138.9 (+22.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 26% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 13% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IDHO -0.3 (-5.3) 135.4 (+25.6) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NAU -0.4 (-4.6) 131.8 (+29.2) 33% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NAU -1.3 (-3.7) 135.4 (+25.6) 40% ✓
Baseline ML NAU -0.0 (-5.0) 135.9 (+25.1) 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

Feb 27, 2026 IDHO 78 – 58 NAU
Feb 1, 2026 IDHO 79 – 62 NAU
Feb 21, 2025 IDHO 83 – 78 NAU
Jan 25, 2025 NAU 80 – 72 IDHO
Feb 24, 2024 IDHO 86 – 76 NAU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IDHO NAU
Overall 1-21 6-16
Conference 1-17 4-10
Home 1-9 1-7
Away 0-11 4-7
Neutral 0-1 1-2
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 61.0 63.2
Avg Pts Against 76.5 74.5
Massey -12.8 (#314) -11.6 (#310)
Bradley-Terry -3.39 (#327) -1.73 (#277)
W. Bradley-Terry -5.32 (#329) -2.79 (#289)
RPI 0.297 (#332) 0.452 (#224)
Shooting & Four Factors IDHO NAU
FG% 40.1% 38.5%
3PT% 35.0% 28.7%
REB / G 30.2 28.1
OREB / G 7.8 8.1
AST / TO 0.74 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 43.6%
TOV% 25.7% 16.7%
ORB% 22.8% 22.2%
FT Rate 16.3% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 62.2%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 17.4%
DRB% 66.0% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.9% 20.2%

Game Analysis

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