I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam. "Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CMU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money BALL +125 / CMU -145
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual CMU +2 136 Lost
Massey CMU -0.3 (-1.7)
Massey Totals 146.0 (-10.0)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 48%
Efficiency Plus ML CMU -0.5 (-1.5) 145.8 (-9.8) 48%
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -0.1 (-2.1) 144.5 (-8.5) 51%
Baseline ML CMU -0.2 (-1.8) 146.5 (-10.5) 50%
Baseline Plus ML CMU -0.1 (-1.9) 146.0 (-10.0) 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

Mar 7, 2026 BALL 8569 CMU
Jan 21, 2026 BALL 6867 CMU
Jan 22, 2025 BALL 8280 CMU
Feb 28, 2024 BALL 7971 CMU
Jan 6, 2024 CMU 7165 BALL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL CMU
Overall 14-17 14-17
Conference 7-11 7-11
Home 8-7 8-6
Away 4-9 6-10
Neutral 1-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 72.7
Avg Pts Against 75.2 74.4
Massey -6.1 (#264) -2.5 (#209)
Bradley-Terry -1.19 (#278) -0.90 (#253)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.72 (#292) -0.98 (#242)
RPI 0.439 (#297) 0.477 (#228)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL CMU
FG% 45.2% 44.4%
3PT% 35.3% 31.2%
REB / G 34.0 35.1
OREB / G 8.9 11.0
AST / TO 1.15 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 49.8%
TOV% 16.3% 17.6%
ORB% 26.4% 32.3%
FT Rate 32.4% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 53.3%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 17.9%
DRB% 71.7% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 21.9%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.