Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Ohio Valley Conference · First Community Arena · February 25, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SIUE -4.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money SIUE -175 / UTM +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIUE win
Actual SIUE +13 119 Won
Massey SIUE -7.1 (+5.9) — —
Massey Totals — 141.2 (-22.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SIUE -5.3 (+7.7) 140.1 (-21.1) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIUE -4.0 (+9.0) 134.9 (-15.9) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SIUE -4.5 (+8.5) 138.8 (-19.8) 77% ✓
Baseline ML SIUE -5.1 (+7.9) 140.2 (-21.2) 74% ✓

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 81 – 76 SIUE
Jan 16, 2026 UTM 65 – 59 SIUE
Feb 14, 2025 UTM 76 – 71 SIUE
Jan 18, 2025 UTM 85 – 82 SIUE
Feb 3, 2024 UTM 90 – 79 SIUE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIUE UTM
Overall 9-17 8-16
Conference 7-12 6-14
Home 2-8 6-7
Away 6-7 2-9
Neutral 0-2 0-0
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L2 W1
Avg Pts For 65.2 64.2
Avg Pts Against 74.1 77.7
Massey -11.5 (#323) -16.2 (#342)
Bradley-Terry -1.78 (#311) -1.89 (#317)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.28 (#305) -2.98 (#327)
RPI 0.435 (#278) 0.407 (#319)
Shooting & Four Factors SIUE UTM
FG% 43.8% 39.3%
3PT% 32.0% 34.0%
REB / G 32.1 32.0
OREB / G 9.2 10.9
AST / TO 0.82 0.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 45.4%
TOV% 23.0% 20.8%
ORB% 27.7% 29.2%
FT Rate 21.0% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.2% 58.0%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 20.0%
DRB% 67.7% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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