Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven "Peace Frog" - The Doors
Southern Conference · McAlister Field House · February 20, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SAM -10.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money CIT +440 / SAM -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIT win
Actual SAM +3 153 Lost
Massey SAM -8.8 (+5.8)
Massey Totals 145.4 (+7.6)
Bradley-Terry 25%
Weighted B-T 17%
Efficiency Plus ML SAM -8.4 (+5.4) 145.1 (+7.9) 20%
Baseline Tuned ML SAM -7.3 (+4.3) 141.4 (+11.6) 24%
Baseline ML SAM -7.7 (+4.7) 142.8 (+10.2) 24%
Baseline Plus ML SAM -7.4 (+4.4) 140.5 (+12.5) 26%

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 6, 2026 SAM 7864 CIT
Feb 1, 2025 SAM 8358 CIT
Jan 2, 2025 SAM 8656 CIT
Mar 2, 2024 SAM 9280 CIT
Jan 6, 2024 SAM 8064 CIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIT SAM
Overall 11-22 18-14
Conference 7-11 11-7
Home 7-8 11-3
Away 3-12 6-9
Neutral 1-2 1-2
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.3 77.8
Avg Pts Against 78.9 77.0
Massey -14.7 (#347) -2.9 (#212)
Bradley-Terry -2.05 (#335) -0.47 (#215)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.75 (#337) -0.61 (#214)
RPI 0.397 (#351) 0.493 (#197)
Shooting & Four Factors CIT SAM
FG% 41.1% 44.0%
3PT% 31.3% 34.1%
REB / G 32.7 35.3
OREB / G 10.1 9.1
AST / TO 1.01 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 51.8%
TOV% 17.4% 13.0%
ORB% 28.3% 25.4%
FT Rate 20.9% 30.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.4% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 14.3% 13.1%
DRB% 69.2% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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