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Toledo Rockets
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FINAL MAC-SBC Challenge
James Madison Dukes
Savage Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread JMU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money TOL +105 / JMU -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total TOL win
Actual TOL +3 141 Won
Massey TOL -0.2 (+2.8)
Massey Totals 155.4 (-14.4)
Bradley-Terry 61%
Weighted B-T 52%
Efficiency Plus ML JMU -0.6 (+3.6) 145.9 (-4.9) 42%
Baseline Tuned ML TOL -0.9 (+2.1) 148.7 (-7.7) 53%
Baseline ML TOL -0.8 (+2.2) 151.6 (-10.6) 47%
Baseline Plus ML TOL -0.5 (+2.5) 149.9 (-8.9) 48%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 7, 2026 JMU 7371 TOL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TOL JMU
Overall 18-15 20-12
Conference 10-8 13-5
Home 9-4 13-2
Away 6-9 5-8
Neutral 3-2 2-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.9 72.3
Avg Pts Against 81.1 71.3
Massey -2.3 (#202) 0.7 (#150)
Bradley-Terry 0.50 (#129) 0.60 (#122)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.05 (#166) 0.64 (#128)
RPI 0.533 (#117) 0.563 (#68)
Shooting & Four Factors TOL JMU
FG% 45.2% 42.7%
3PT% 34.3% 33.8%
REB / G 34.8 35.2
OREB / G 10.5 11.1
AST / TO 1.34 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 50.3%
TOV% 14.0% 17.6%
ORB% 29.3% 32.2%
FT Rate 27.0% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.3% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 15.2% 15.7%
DRB% 69.7% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 18.7% 22.5%

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