Well you know that it's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city / And you never learned nothing about country ways "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - Country Joe and the Fish
Northern Kentucky Norse
99 75
FINAL Conference Barbasol Horizon League
Detroit Mercy Titans
Horizon League · Truist Arena · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money NKU -1400 / DETM +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual NKU +24 174 Won
Massey NKU -10.5 (+13.5)
Massey Totals 135.9 (+38.1)
Bradley-Terry 87%
Weighted B-T 91%
Efficiency Plus ML NKU -10.2 (+13.8) 142.6 (+31.4) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -9.8 (+14.2) 140.9 (+33.1) 84%
Baseline ML NKU -10.1 (+13.9) 142.3 (+31.7) 83%
Baseline Plus ML NKU -10.3 (+13.7) 143.5 (+30.5) 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 DETM 9077 NKU
Jan 16, 2026 NKU 9671 DETM
Jan 31, 2025 DETM 6857 NKU
Dec 19, 2024 NKU 7360 DETM
Feb 10, 2024 NKU 7967 DETM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NKU DETM
Overall 17-16 8-24
Conference 11-9 4-16
Home 12-6 6-7
Away 5-10 2-15
Neutral 0-0 0-2
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L1 L8
Avg Pts For 70.6 66.3
Avg Pts Against 72.2 76.6
Massey -4.1 (#234) -11.3 (#335)
Bradley-Terry -0.37 (#205) -1.70 (#318)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.58 (#209) -2.20 (#319)
RPI 0.499 (#181) 0.425 (#318)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU DETM
FG% 43.2% 40.7%
3PT% 32.3% 33.2%
REB / G 32.7 37.5
OREB / G 10.7 11.8
AST / TO 1.16 0.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 45.4%
TOV% 17.3% 19.0%
ORB% 30.2% 31.9%
FT Rate 20.7% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 19.8% 15.5%
DRB% 67.8% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.0% 28.4%

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