And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Missouri Valley Conference · Gentile Arena · January 17, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread LUC -10.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money LUC -600 / UNI +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total LUC win
Actual LUC +42 134 Won
Massey LUC -13.4 (+28.6) — —
Massey Totals — 142.6 (-8.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 92% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LUC -9.8 (+32.2) 135.9 (-1.9) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LUC -13.1 (+28.9) 139.1 (-5.1) 88% ✓
Baseline ML LUC -12.7 (+29.3) 139.0 (-5.0) 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LUC -13.2 (+28.8) 138.8 (-4.8) 88% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 25, 2025 UNI 72 – 51 LUC
Mar 5, 2022 LUC 66 – 43 UNI
Feb 26, 2022 UNI 102 – 96 LUC
Feb 13, 2022 LUC 85 – 58 UNI
Jan 16, 2021 LUC 72 – 57 UNI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LUC UNI
Overall 26-5 10-15
Conference 16-2 7-11
Home 13-0 6-5
Away 8-3 3-7
Neutral 5-2 1-3
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 W3
Avg Pts For 70.1 68.3
Avg Pts Against 56.4 72.4
Massey 9.8 (#53) -0.8 (#176)
Bradley-Terry 1.16 (#93) -0.74 (#231)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.81 (#82) -0.57 (#200)
RPI 0.542 (#103) 0.494 (#174)
Shooting & Four Factors LUC UNI
FG% 48.9% 44.2%
3PT% 36.1% 34.9%
REB / G 32.3 35.1
OREB / G 8.1 8.5
AST / TO 1.44 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.1% 51.2%
TOV% 17.9% 19.0%
ORB% 26.6% 24.3%
FT Rate 21.5% 17.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 21.4% 15.2%
DRB% 78.1% 78.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.7% 23.6%

Game Analysis

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