They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Indiana State Sycamores
99 – 108 3OT
FINAL Conference
Bradley Braves
Missouri Valley Conference · Hulman Center · December 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BRAD -5.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money INST +190 / BRAD -230
Model Predictions
Spread Total INST win
Actual BRAD +9 207 Lost
Massey BRAD -1.2 (-7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 143.4 (+63.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 50% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BRAD -0.8 (-8.2) 141.3 (+65.7) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BRAD -1.7 (-7.3) 142.2 (+64.8) 38% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML INST -0.3 (-9.3) 139.7 (+67.3) 49% ✓
Baseline ML BRAD -0.4 (-8.6) 141.2 (+65.8) 49% ✓

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 22, 2026 BRAD 75 – 68 INST
Jan 16, 2025 BRAD 118 – 65 INST
Jan 2, 2025 BRAD 90 – 89 INST
Jan 27, 2024 INST 95 – 86 BRAD
Dec 2, 2023 INST 85 – 77 BRAD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings INST BRAD
Overall 11-21 21-13
Conference 4-16 13-7
Home 8-7 14-3
Away 3-12 4-7
Neutral 0-2 3-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 71.7 77.0
Avg Pts Against 75.1 74.2
Massey -2.6 (#204) 2.9 (#126)
Bradley-Terry -0.32 (#202) 0.02 (#173)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.82 (#221) 0.07 (#167)
RPI 0.458 (#253) 0.493 (#185)
Shooting & Four Factors INST BRAD
FG% 43.5% 44.4%
3PT% 27.9% 34.6%
REB / G 34.1 32.0
OREB / G 8.8 9.1
AST / TO 1.22 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 52.2%
TOV% 18.9% 15.6%
ORB% 25.0% 26.5%
FT Rate 18.3% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 23.9%
DRB% 64.6% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.0% 26.8%

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