I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
Maine Black Bears
78 – 74
FINAL Conference
NJIT Highlanders
America East Conference · Skip Chappelle Court in Memorial Gymnasium · February 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ME -13.5 Away covered
O/U 128.5 Over
Money ME -1600 / NJIT +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total ME win
Actual ME +4 152 Won
Massey ME -15.1 (-11.1) — —
Massey Totals — 126.3 (+25.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ME -11.8 (-7.8) 133.7 (+18.3) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ME -10.9 (-6.9) 136.6 (+15.4) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ME -12.0 (-8.0) 132.1 (+19.9) 87% ✓
Baseline ML ME -12.0 (-8.0) 130.6 (+21.4) 87% ✓

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 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Feb 14, 2026 NJIT 67 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT
Feb 24, 2024 ME 68 – 58 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ME NJIT
Overall 20-14 6-25
Conference 10-6 3-13
Home 10-3 4-9
Away 8-11 1-16
Neutral 2-0 1-0
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 W1
Avg Pts For 69.0 63.9
Avg Pts Against 67.2 73.9
Massey -1.9 (#192) -13.8 (#352)
Bradley-Terry -0.37 (#207) -2.54 (#346)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.43 (#204) -2.90 (#340)
RPI 0.493 (#190) 0.367 (#358)
Shooting & Four Factors ME NJIT
FG% 45.9% 38.7%
3PT% 35.7% 29.2%
REB / G 29.0 34.3
OREB / G 6.9 9.9
AST / TO 1.26 0.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 44.2%
TOV% 16.2% 18.2%
ORB% 21.7% 27.3%
FT Rate 20.6% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 13.7%
DRB% 67.9% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 26.2%

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