The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Murphy Center · December 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -1.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money MTSU -108 / UAB -112
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTSU win
Actual MTSU +15 137 Won
Massey MTSU -2.4 (+12.6)
Massey Totals 151.4 (-14.4)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 67%
Efficiency Plus ML MTSU -1.3 (+13.7) 146.6 (-9.6) 52%
Baseline Tuned ML MTSU -3.2 (+11.8) 146.2 (-9.2) 61%
Baseline ML MTSU -3.0 (+12.0) 146.6 (-9.6) 62%
Baseline Plus ML MTSU -2.5 (+12.5) 149.1 (-12.1) 50%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 1, 2024 MTSU 7669 UAB
Nov 22, 2023 UAB 5857 MTSU
Feb 11, 2023 UAB 9269 MTSU
Jan 17, 2023 MTSU 7473 UAB
Mar 11, 2022 UAB 10298 MTSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTSU UAB
Overall 17-15 20-12
Conference 11-9 11-7
Home 11-4 8-9
Away 5-8 10-2
Neutral 1-3 2-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.5 78.2
Avg Pts Against 74.6 74.4
Massey 3.8 (#119) 6.7 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 0.86 (#115) 0.90 (#109)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.04 (#128) 1.57 (#95)
RPI 0.596 (#53) 0.532 (#131)
Shooting & Four Factors MTSU UAB
FG% 44.3% 44.9%
3PT% 33.3% 26.5%
REB / G 35.8 42.6
OREB / G 11.6 15.3
AST / TO 1.05 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 49.1%
TOV% 17.3% 13.8%
ORB% 31.0% 38.1%
FT Rate 17.8% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 17.7%
DRB% 71.6% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 33.2% 26.6%

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