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Howard Bison
69 81
FINAL Conference
Norfolk State Spartans
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · March 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NORF -4.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money HOW +190 / NORF -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual NORF +12 150 Lost
Massey NORF -4.8 (-7.2)
Massey Totals 156.9 (-6.9)
Bradley-Terry 28%
Weighted B-T 23%
Efficiency Plus ML NORF -4.2 (-7.8) 150.5 (-0.5) 32%
Baseline Tuned ML NORF -4.2 (-7.8) 151.9 (-1.9) 30%
Baseline ML NORF -4.3 (-7.7) 153.6 (-3.6) 30%
Baseline Plus ML NORF -4.6 (-7.4) 153.3 (-3.3) 30%

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 6, 2026 HOW 8476 NORF
Jan 31, 2026 HOW 8860 NORF
Jan 25, 2025 NORF 9275 HOW
Mar 15, 2024 HOW 8074 NORF
Mar 8, 2024 NORF 7758 HOW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW NORF
Overall 12-20 24-11
Conference 7-7 11-3
Home 8-6 11-1
Away 3-11 8-9
Neutral 1-3 5-1
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 74.7
Avg Pts Against 80.7 71.8
Massey -8.6 (#304) -0.5 (#165)
Bradley-Terry -1.50 (#306) 0.02 (#163)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.03 (#312) -0.14 (#174)
RPI 0.457 (#266) 0.536 (#111)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW NORF
FG% 46.8% 48.3%
3PT% 36.5% 32.3%
REB / G 31.7 33.1
OREB / G 9.1 10.1
AST / TO 1.00 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 52.9%
TOV% 21.1% 18.0%
ORB% 28.3% 32.6%
FT Rate 27.0% 29.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 18.6%
DRB% 66.7% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 31.9% 25.9%

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