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Atlantic 10 Conference · Thomas M. Ryan Center · February 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SLU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money URI +410 / SLU -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total URI win
Actual URI +5 157 Won
Massey SLU -13.1 (+18.1)
Massey Totals 152.2 (+4.8)
Bradley-Terry 7%
Weighted B-T 2%
Baseline Plus ML SLU -12.9 (+17.9) 147.9 (+9.1) 17%
Model 4 ML SLU -9.4 (+14.4) 148.2 (+8.8) 22%
Model 3 ML SLU -11.1 (+16.1) 147.9 (+9.1) 16%
Baseline ML SLU -11.4 (+16.4) 149.7 (+7.3) 17%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 22, 2025 SLU 8166 URI
Mar 12, 2024 SLU 7471 URI
Mar 2, 2024 SLU 9491 URI
Feb 8, 2023 SLU 7671 URI
Mar 3, 2022 SLU 8074 URI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings URI SLU
Overall 16-16 29-6
Conference 7-11 15-3
Home 10-6 19-0
Away 4-7 7-3
Neutral 2-3 3-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.9 86.4
Avg Pts Against 68.2 71.6
Massey 3.2 (#121) 19.2 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 0.25 (#145) 3.40 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.49 (#126) 4.83 (#12)
RPI 0.508 (#160) 0.627 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors URI SLU
FG% 45.0% 51.6%
3PT% 31.2% 41.5%
REB / G 32.7 41.2
OREB / G 10.7 10.5
AST / TO 0.90 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 61.1%
TOV% 18.8% 16.9%
ORB% 32.2% 32.6%
FT Rate 29.3% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 42.7%
Opp TOV% 21.6% 16.0%
DRB% 68.9% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 29.8% 26.5%

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