This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Ohio Valley Conference · Kathleen and Tom Elam Center · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UTM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money UTM -120 / SIUE +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTM win
Actual UTM +3 167 Won
Massey UTM -1.7 (+1.3)
Massey Totals 132.8 (+34.2)
Bradley-Terry 46%
Weighted B-T 48%
Efficiency Plus ML UTM -1.3 (+1.7) 136.9 (+30.1) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML UTM -0.2 (+2.8) 133.5 (+33.5) 49%
Baseline ML SIUE -0.2 (+3.2) 133.8 (+33.2) 54%
Baseline Plus ML SIUE -0.5 (+3.5) 134.5 (+32.5) 50%

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 14, 2026 UTM 8176 SIUE
Jan 16, 2026 UTM 6559 SIUE
Feb 14, 2025 UTM 7671 SIUE
Feb 3, 2024 UTM 9079 SIUE
Mar 3, 2023 UTM 8175 SIUE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTM SIUE
Overall 14-19 22-12
Conference 9-11 13-7
Home 8-5 12-3
Away 5-12 7-8
Neutral 1-2 3-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 69.6
Avg Pts Against 73.2 68.3
Massey -5.7 (#262) -3.7 (#223)
Bradley-Terry -1.35 (#291) -0.49 (#216)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.79 (#299) -0.91 (#232)
RPI 0.435 (#286) 0.471 (#224)
Shooting & Four Factors UTM SIUE
FG% 38.6% 41.7%
3PT% 30.0% 33.3%
REB / G 38.6 37.7
OREB / G 13.3 12.1
AST / TO 0.81 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.9% 48.0%
TOV% 19.6% 17.5%
ORB% 33.4% 31.9%
FT Rate 22.4% 16.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 17.9%
DRB% 68.8% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 23.4%

Game Analysis

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