They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
UTEP Miners
76 66
FINAL Sun Bowl Invitational
North Dakota State Bison
Don Haskins Center · December 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money UTEP +114 / NDSU -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual UTEP +10 142 Won
Massey NDSU -3.3 (+13.3)
Massey Totals 140.7 (+1.3)
Bradley-Terry 4%
Weighted B-T 2%
Efficiency Plus ML NDSU -3.9 (+13.9) 135.4 (+6.6) 34%
Baseline Tuned ML NDSU -2.6 (+12.6) 136.1 (+5.9) 36%
Baseline ML NDSU -2.9 (+12.9) 135.3 (+6.7) 37%
Baseline Plus ML NDSU -3.0 (+13.0) 135.3 (+6.7) 36%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTEP NDSU
Overall 11-20 27-8
Conference 7-13 14-2
Home 9-7 13-1
Away 2-11 10-5
Neutral 0-2 4-2
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.4 78.7
Avg Pts Against 72.7 71.4
Massey -4.5 (#236) 3.0 (#131)
Bradley-Terry -3.26 (#348) 0.60 (#132)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.81 (#341) 1.09 (#113)
RPI 0.438 (#288) 0.526 (#130)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP NDSU
FG% 40.6% 41.9%
3PT% 30.0% 32.7%
REB / G 29.4 38.0
OREB / G 9.4 14.0
AST / TO 0.80 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 49.1%
TOV% 19.1% 16.2%
ORB% 26.0% 35.4%
FT Rate 16.8% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 20.9% 20.3%
DRB% 63.9% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 32.8% 23.7%

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