And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Buffalo Bulls
81 – 74 OT
FINAL Neutral Conference MAC
Akron Zips
Mid-American Conference · Rocket Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BUF -4.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money BUF -163 / AKR +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual BUF +7 155 Won
Massey BUF -4.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 154.8 (+0.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 50% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 56% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUF -4.4 (+2.6) 151.6 (+3.4) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUF -2.6 (+4.4) 152.2 (+2.8) 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUF -2.6 (+4.4) 154.2 (+0.8) 65% ✓
Baseline ML BUF -3.9 (+3.1) 151.6 (+3.4) 70% ✓

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
Jan 22, 2025 AKR 90 – 58 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUF AKR
Overall 16-9 15-8
Conference 12-5 12-6
Home 8-3 9-1
Away 5-3 5-5
Neutral 3-3 1-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 76.6
Avg Pts Against 72.9 72.8
Massey 8.8 (#61) 4.2 (#109)
Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#121) 0.58 (#120)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#103) 0.74 (#124)
RPI 0.524 (#126) 0.538 (#97)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF AKR
FG% 46.5% 44.1%
3PT% 33.8% 33.9%
REB / G 43.9 38.4
OREB / G 14.5 10.8
AST / TO 1.19 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 52.0%
TOV% 18.4% 17.3%
ORB% 36.8% 30.0%
FT Rate 20.0% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 16.3%
DRB% 74.0% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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