The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Mid-American Conference · Millett Hall · February 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread M-OH -13.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money M-OH -1400 / NIU +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total M-OH win
Actual M-OH +29 145 Won
Massey M-OH -16.9 (+12.1)
Massey Totals 151.7 (-6.7)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 99%
Efficiency Plus ML M-OH -13.2 (+15.8) 152.0 (-7.0) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML M-OH -13.9 (+15.1) 149.2 (-4.2) 87%
Baseline ML M-OH -13.1 (+15.9) 150.2 (-5.2) 86%
Baseline Plus ML M-OH -13.4 (+15.6) 152.4 (-7.4) 85%

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 31, 2026 M-OH 8561 NIU
Jan 15, 2025 M-OH 8469 NIU
Feb 7, 2024 NIU 6259 M-OH
Feb 18, 2023 M-OH 6665 NIU
Jan 18, 2023 NIU 8177 M-OH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings M-OH NIU
Overall 25-9 6-25
Conference 14-4 2-16
Home 15-1 5-10
Away 6-7 1-15
Neutral 4-1 0-0
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 W1
Avg Pts For 77.7 67.4
Avg Pts Against 73.3 79.5
Massey -0.6 (#171) -14.3 (#352)
Bradley-Terry 0.68 (#114) -2.97 (#358)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.45 (#141) -3.31 (#356)
RPI 0.540 (#101) 0.370 (#358)
Shooting & Four Factors M-OH NIU
FG% 47.1% 39.1%
3PT% 37.4% 32.7%
REB / G 32.4 31.1
OREB / G 9.2 6.8
AST / TO 1.20 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 47.0%
TOV% 17.6% 15.8%
ORB% 27.6% 17.9%
FT Rate 21.6% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 16.7%
DRB% 69.8% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 31.7%

Game Analysis

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