I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Horizon League · Truist Arena · December 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 163.5 Under
Money NKU -180 / OAK +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual OAK +5 159 Lost
Massey NKU -2.4 (-7.4) — —
Massey Totals — 173.8 (-14.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -3.2 (-8.2) 158.8 (+0.2) 64% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NKU -2.5 (-7.5) 156.9 (+2.1) 64% ✗
Baseline Plus ML NKU -2.8 (-7.8) 161.0 (-2.0) 64% ✗
Baseline ML NKU -2.4 (-7.4) 161.5 (-2.5) 68% ✗

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 5, 2026 NKU 85 – 84 OAK
Feb 1, 2026 OAK 76 – 65 NKU
Feb 1, 2025 NKU 84 – 75 OAK
Jan 11, 2025 OAK 68 – 53 NKU
Feb 9, 2024 NKU 99 – 89 OAK

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NKU OAK
Overall 20-14 16-16
Conference 10-10 12-8
Home 12-5 7-6
Away 7-8 8-9
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.9 81.6
Avg Pts Against 78.7 82.8
Massey -0.6 (#179) 1.4 (#145)
Bradley-Terry 0.32 (#152) 0.65 (#129)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.22 (#162) 0.50 (#145)
RPI 0.502 (#169) 0.584 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU OAK
FG% 45.3% 46.6%
3PT% 33.7% 34.9%
REB / G 32.6 33.7
OREB / G 12.6 9.8
AST / TO 1.18 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.8% 52.4%
TOV% 18.4% 14.3%
ORB% 35.3% 26.7%
FT Rate 23.0% 25.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.5% 57.9%
Opp TOV% 23.0% 13.8%
DRB% 67.4% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 31.9% 18.4%

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