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Northern Illinois Huskies
70 – 80
FINAL Conference
Akron Zips
Mid-American Conference · NIU Convocation Center · January 29, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -15.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money NIU +1000 / AKR -2000
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIU win
Actual AKR +10 150 Lost
Massey AKR -17.5 (+7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 155.8 (-5.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 5% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -13.8 (+3.8) 156.3 (-6.3) 12% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -14.9 (+4.9) 156.4 (-6.4) 12% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -13.9 (+3.9) 153.2 (-3.2) 13% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -13.6 (+3.6) 154.1 (-4.1) 12% ✓

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 6, 2026 AKR 94 – 55 NIU
Feb 19, 2025 AKR 73 – 63 NIU
Mar 2, 2024 AKR 80 – 73 NIU
Jan 3, 2024 AKR 73 – 51 NIU
Jan 4, 2023 AKR 76 – 51 NIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIU AKR
Overall 6-25 28-7
Conference 2-16 17-1
Home 5-10 16-0
Away 1-15 8-4
Neutral 0-0 4-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak W1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 83.4
Avg Pts Against 79.5 76.4
Massey -15.7 (#356) 5.1 (#99)
Bradley-Terry -2.57 (#345) 0.88 (#100)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.98 (#341) 0.89 (#106)
RPI 0.372 (#351) 0.568 (#62)
Shooting & Four Factors NIU AKR
FG% 37.5% 45.3%
3PT% 32.1% 36.9%
REB / G 30.1 39.7
OREB / G 7.1 12.8
AST / TO 1.01 1.41
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.2% 53.8%
TOV% 16.4% 17.3%
ORB% 18.4% 33.3%
FT Rate 22.9% 18.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.8% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 18.5%
DRB% 67.0% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 28.9% 23.7%

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