They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Horizon League · Truist Arena · January 25, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money NKU -115 / MILW -105
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual MILW +20 138 Lost
Massey MILW -3.1 (-16.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.4 (-0.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 21% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MILW -3.4 (-16.6) 137.9 (+0.1) 37% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MILW -2.9 (-17.1) 138.0 (+0.0) 41% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MILW -3.5 (-16.5) 138.5 (-0.5) 34% ✓
Baseline ML MILW -3.3 (-16.7) 138.9 (-0.9) 37% ✓

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 7, 2026 NKU 67 – 62 MILW
Jan 10, 2026 NKU 85 – 67 MILW
Feb 16, 2025 MILW 92 – 70 NKU
Mar 12, 2024 MILW 82 – 75 NKU
Feb 18, 2024 MILW 73 – 72 NKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NKU MILW
Overall 17-16 21-11
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 12-6 13-3
Away 5-10 7-8
Neutral 0-0 1-0
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 76.7
Avg Pts Against 72.2 72.5
Massey -4.4 (#237) 2.1 (#130)
Bradley-Terry -0.87 (#244) 0.56 (#123)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.19 (#252) 0.84 (#109)
RPI 0.451 (#255) 0.548 (#91)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU MILW
FG% 41.0% 46.0%
3PT% 31.9% 32.2%
REB / G 34.1 40.2
OREB / G 11.4 14.5
AST / TO 1.05 0.89
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 51.1%
TOV% 18.9% 19.8%
ORB% 31.5% 40.6%
FT Rate 21.4% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 20.5% 18.0%
DRB% 67.5% 74.2%
Opp FT Rate 18.6% 24.4%

Game Analysis

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