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Buffalo Bulls
58 – 90
FINAL Conference
Akron Zips
Mid-American Conference · Broadview Arena · January 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -12.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money BUF +750 / AKR -1400
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual AKR +32 148 Lost
Massey AKR -10.3 (-21.7) — —
Massey Totals — 161.4 (-13.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 17% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -9.8 (-22.2) 156.8 (-8.8) 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -11.9 (-20.1) 159.0 (-11.0) 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -10.2 (-21.8) 155.6 (-7.6) 17% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -9.1 (-22.9) 156.4 (-8.4) 19% ✓

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 12, 2026 AKR 73 – 70 BUF
Feb 25, 2026 AKR 99 – 85 BUF
Jan 20, 2026 AKR 82 – 63 BUF
Mar 8, 2025 AKR 88 – 70 BUF
Feb 17, 2024 AKR 73 – 62 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUF AKR
Overall 9-22 28-7
Conference 4-14 17-1
Home 6-9 16-0
Away 3-13 8-4
Neutral 0-0 4-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 83.4
Avg Pts Against 81.6 76.4
Massey -11.1 (#329) 2.7 (#118)
Bradley-Terry -1.53 (#305) 0.70 (#108)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.30 (#317) 0.65 (#125)
RPI 0.438 (#287) 0.551 (#87)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF AKR
FG% 42.4% 43.9%
3PT% 31.0% 35.5%
REB / G 33.5 39.0
OREB / G 7.7 13.2
AST / TO 0.96 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 52.1%
TOV% 19.1% 16.8%
ORB% 21.0% 33.3%
FT Rate 22.4% 18.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.4% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 18.8%
DRB% 68.3% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 25.1%

Game Analysis

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