That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · February 27, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -12.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money BALL -1000 / CMU +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +6 188 Won
Massey BALL -11.8 (-5.8) — —
Massey Totals — 151.1 (+36.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 89% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -10.2 (-4.2) 149.9 (+38.1) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BALL -9.0 (-3.0) 153.5 (+34.5) 85% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BALL -10.5 (-4.5) 152.9 (+35.1) 86% ✓
Baseline ML BALL -10.2 (-4.2) 150.0 (+38.0) 86% ✓

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 7, 2026 BALL 85 – 69 CMU
Jan 21, 2026 BALL 68 – 67 CMU
Mar 5, 2025 CMU 69 – 67 BALL
Jan 22, 2025 BALL 82 – 80 CMU
Feb 28, 2024 BALL 79 – 71 CMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL CMU
Overall 10-13 7-16
Conference 8-9 3-13
Home 7-4 5-6
Away 3-8 2-9
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.7 73.8
Avg Pts Against 75.5 81.9
Massey -0.2 (#169) -9.6 (#303)
Bradley-Terry -0.35 (#199) -2.00 (#318)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.13 (#179) -2.22 (#303)
RPI 0.498 (#169) 0.401 (#326)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL CMU
FG% 43.6% 43.5%
3PT% 34.0% 31.6%
REB / G 36.0 34.3
OREB / G 9.4 10.1
AST / TO 0.90 0.71
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 48.3%
TOV% 20.3% 18.9%
ORB% 26.4% 26.9%
FT Rate 21.9% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 53.8%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 19.0%
DRB% 69.1% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 19.8%

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