Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Truist Arena · December 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money NKU -218 / COFC +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual COFC +11 159 Lost
Massey NKU -5.8 (-16.8)
Massey Totals 151.8 (+7.2)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 73%
Efficiency Plus ML NKU -4.0 (-15.0) 145.9 (+13.1) 69%
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -5.9 (-16.9) 145.6 (+13.4) 72%
Baseline ML NKU -5.5 (-16.5) 146.4 (+12.6) 74%
Baseline Plus ML NKU -5.6 (-16.6) 146.2 (+12.8) 74%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 27, 2024 COFC 7964 NKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NKU COFC
Overall 20-14 21-11
Conference 10-10 14-4
Home 12-5 11-4
Away 7-8 8-4
Neutral 1-1 2-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.9 75.3
Avg Pts Against 78.7 73.9
Massey -1.1 (#183) -2.8 (#205)
Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#187) -0.48 (#221)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.32 (#187) -0.54 (#205)
RPI 0.471 (#232) 0.459 (#252)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU COFC
FG% 45.2% 42.5%
3PT% 32.7% 29.3%
REB / G 33.1 36.5
OREB / G 12.6 11.1
AST / TO 1.24 1.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 48.7%
TOV% 17.9% 14.9%
ORB% 35.0% 31.1%
FT Rate 21.9% 32.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.9% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 14.3%
DRB% 67.4% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 32.0% 18.4%

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