Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Conference USA · Murphy Center · January 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MTSU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money MTSU -215 / WKU +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTSU win
Actual MTSU +14 128 Won
Massey MTSU -6.0 (+8.0) — —
Massey Totals — 154.6 (-26.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MTSU -5.6 (+8.4) 153.4 (-25.4) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTSU -3.4 (+10.6) 152.2 (-24.2) 69% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MTSU -5.1 (+8.9) 148.7 (-20.7) 73% ✓
Baseline ML MTSU -6.1 (+7.9) 149.6 (-21.6) 77% ✓

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 15, 2026 WKU 82 – 80 MTSU
Jan 31, 2026 WKU 65 – 60 MTSU
Feb 16, 2025 MTSU 87 – 77 WKU
Mar 15, 2024 WKU 85 – 54 MTSU
Feb 25, 2024 MTSU 74 – 72 WKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTSU WKU
Overall 22-12 17-15
Conference 12-6 8-10
Home 11-5 13-5
Away 8-5 4-9
Neutral 3-2 0-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 73.3
Avg Pts Against 73.8 74.8
Massey 3.9 (#106) 1.5 (#144)
Bradley-Terry 1.18 (#80) 0.51 (#127)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.14 (#94) 0.32 (#155)
RPI 0.585 (#46) 0.533 (#122)
Shooting & Four Factors MTSU WKU
FG% 44.6% 42.1%
3PT% 31.5% 32.8%
REB / G 38.1 38.3
OREB / G 12.0 8.5
AST / TO 0.96 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 48.3%
TOV% 17.2% 16.3%
ORB% 32.5% 21.8%
FT Rate 22.5% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 46.1%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 18.0%
DRB% 70.8% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 28.9%

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