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James Madison Dukes
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FINAL Conference
Troy Trojans
Sun Belt Conference · Atlantic Union Bank Center · February 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread JMU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money JMU -135 / TROY +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total JMU win
Actual JMU +3 125 Won
Massey TROY -0.4 (+3.4)
Massey Totals 137.3 (-12.3)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 58%
Baseline Plus ML JMU -0.4 (+2.6) 133.6 (-8.6) 53%
Model 4 ML JMU -1.3 (+1.7) 132.9 (-7.9) 61%
Model 3 ML JMU -0.4 (+2.6) 135.2 (-10.2) 54%
Baseline ML JMU -0.4 (+2.6) 135.4 (-10.4) 54%

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 30, 2026 JMU 7364 TROY
Mar 10, 2025 TROY 7960 JMU
Mar 4, 2023 JMU 7572 TROY
Jan 20, 2023 JMU 8987 TROY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JMU TROY
Overall 20-12 23-11
Conference 13-5 13-5
Home 13-2 11-4
Away 5-8 9-6
Neutral 2-2 3-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.3 72.0
Avg Pts Against 71.3 66.3
Massey 0.4 (#159) 4.0 (#108)
Bradley-Terry 0.49 (#128) 0.51 (#127)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.54 (#133) 0.86 (#109)
RPI 0.554 (#78) 0.536 (#111)
Shooting & Four Factors JMU TROY
FG% 42.7% 43.9%
3PT% 33.7% 30.8%
REB / G 35.5 36.9
OREB / G 11.2 13.2
AST / TO 1.00 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 51.0%
TOV% 17.5% 21.2%
ORB% 32.1% 38.7%
FT Rate 20.8% 26.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 20.2%
DRB% 74.4% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 18.5%

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