And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mid-American Conference · Broadview Arena · February 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WMU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money BUF +120 / WMU -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual WMU +33 161 Lost
Massey WMU -0.6 (-32.4)
Massey Totals 149.2 (+11.8)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 54%
Baseline ML BUF -0.1 (-33.1) 148.5 (+12.5) 53%
Baseline Plus ML WMU -1.3 (-31.7) 149.0 (+12.0) 46%
Efficiency Plus ML WMU -1.9 (-31.1) 149.4 (+11.6) 36%
Baseline Tuned ML WMU -0.1 (-32.9) 147.6 (+13.4) 49%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 20, 2025 BUF 8871 WMU
Jan 18, 2025 BUF 8576 WMU
Feb 24, 2024 WMU 9172 BUF
Jan 6, 2024 WMU 8277 BUF
Feb 4, 2023 BUF 8576 WMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUF WMU
Overall 9-22 12-20
Conference 4-14 9-9
Home 6-9 6-9
Away 3-13 6-10
Neutral 0-0 0-1
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 71.6
Avg Pts Against 81.6 77.0
Massey -12.9 (#346) -9.2 (#312)
Bradley-Terry -1.82 (#325) -1.55 (#310)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.50 (#327) -1.98 (#313)
RPI 0.420 (#323) 0.437 (#300)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF WMU
FG% 41.5% 41.5%
3PT% 30.2% 26.2%
REB / G 34.3 38.2
OREB / G 9.0 14.0
AST / TO 0.94 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 45.6%
TOV% 19.2% 16.0%
ORB% 24.0% 35.5%
FT Rate 22.6% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 55.5%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 16.0%
DRB% 69.1% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 23.0%

Game Analysis

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