The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
80 – 69
FINAL Neutral Conference CUSA
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Conference USA · Propst Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MTSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Over
Money LT +114 / MTSU -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total LT win
Actual LT +11 149 Won
Massey MTSU -3.5 (+14.5) — —
Massey Totals — 132.2 (+16.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MTSU -1.6 (+12.6) 132.9 (+16.1) 42% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTSU -2.3 (+13.3) 133.4 (+15.6) 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MTSU -2.2 (+13.2) 131.0 (+18.0) 40% ✗
Baseline ML MTSU -2.4 (+13.4) 130.6 (+18.4) 38% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 15, 2026 LT 59 – 58 MTSU
Jan 3, 2026 MTSU 88 – 51 LT
Mar 14, 2025 MTSU 77 – 75 LT
Feb 21, 2025 LT 85 – 74 MTSU
Jan 25, 2025 LT 75 – 69 MTSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LT MTSU
Overall 20-14 17-15
Conference 11-9 11-9
Home 14-3 11-4
Away 4-10 5-8
Neutral 2-1 1-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.8 73.5
Avg Pts Against 67.8 74.6
Massey -2.5 (#207) 1.0 (#154)
Bradley-Terry -0.21 (#187) 0.03 (#160)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#205) 0.04 (#159)
RPI 0.494 (#200) 0.540 (#90)
Shooting & Four Factors LT MTSU
FG% 42.8% 44.0%
3PT% 28.9% 33.7%
REB / G 37.3 35.6
OREB / G 12.9 10.8
AST / TO 0.95 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 51.6%
TOV% 18.7% 16.9%
ORB% 35.9% 30.6%
FT Rate 22.2% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 15.0%
DRB% 68.9% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.4% 26.6%

Game Analysis

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