This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Horizon League · Calihan Hall · February 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CLE -8.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money DETM +340 / CLE -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total DETM win
Actual CLE +8 138 Lost
Massey CLE -6.8 (-1.2) — —
Massey Totals — 132.4 (+5.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CLE -6.8 (-1.2) 134.9 (+3.1) 23% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLE -7.7 (-0.3) 135.2 (+2.8) 19% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CLE -6.2 (-1.8) 134.7 (+3.3) 24% ✓
Baseline ML CLE -6.3 (-1.7) 135.3 (+2.7) 24% ✓

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 11, 2026 DETM 94 – 84 CLE
Dec 6, 2025 DETM 71 – 59 CLE
Jan 23, 2025 CLE 65 – 50 DETM
Feb 2, 2024 CLE 77 – 65 DETM
Dec 2, 2023 CLE 69 – 58 DETM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DETM CLE
Overall 8-24 23-13
Conference 4-16 14-6
Home 6-7 14-4
Away 2-15 7-7
Neutral 0-2 2-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L8 L1
Avg Pts For 66.3 70.3
Avg Pts Against 76.6 68.0
Massey -10.7 (#330) -0.7 (#174)
Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#302) 0.27 (#149)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.02 (#313) 0.36 (#146)
RPI 0.438 (#298) 0.514 (#155)
Shooting & Four Factors DETM CLE
FG% 40.3% 43.7%
3PT% 33.0% 31.5%
REB / G 37.6 33.0
OREB / G 12.0 12.1
AST / TO 0.84 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.9% 48.8%
TOV% 18.6% 18.4%
ORB% 31.9% 35.3%
FT Rate 21.1% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 22.8%
DRB% 69.4% 65.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.5% 26.8%

Game Analysis

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