In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mid-American Conference · Gervin GameAbove Center · February 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread EMU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money EMU -205 / CMU +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total EMU win
Actual EMU +12 120 Won
Massey EMU -6.4 (+5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 142.8 (-22.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML EMU -2.4 (+9.6) 142.9 (-22.9) 58% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EMU -3.1 (+8.9) 144.2 (-24.2) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML EMU -2.9 (+9.1) 140.3 (-20.3) 63% ✓
Baseline ML EMU -2.6 (+9.4) 142.5 (-22.5) 53% ✓

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 28, 2026 CMU 100 – 65 EMU
Feb 28, 2025 EMU 84 – 73 CMU
Jan 15, 2025 CMU 82 – 63 EMU
Mar 9, 2024 CMU 65 – 62 EMU
Jan 10, 2024 CMU 80 – 64 EMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EMU CMU
Overall 10-21 10-21
Conference 4-14 6-12
Home 7-7 8-5
Away 3-14 1-15
Neutral 0-0 1-1
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L4 L2
Avg Pts For 70.2 71.7
Avg Pts Against 74.4 77.7
Massey -3.8 (#222) -7.2 (#280)
Bradley-Terry -0.97 (#255) -1.49 (#299)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.09 (#244) -1.63 (#285)
RPI 0.443 (#285) 0.438 (#299)
Shooting & Four Factors EMU CMU
FG% 44.6% 45.9%
3PT% 33.3% 33.6%
REB / G 34.8 32.0
OREB / G 9.9 9.8
AST / TO 1.05 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 51.6%
TOV% 17.3% 17.8%
ORB% 28.3% 28.9%
FT Rate 21.0% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 53.8%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 16.4%
DRB% 70.3% 65.6%
Opp FT Rate 26.0% 28.1%

Game Analysis

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