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Belmont Bruins
88 – 78
FINAL Conference
Bradley Braves
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · January 2, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money BEL -185 / BRAD +154
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +10 166 Won
Massey BEL -10.3 (-0.3) — —
Massey Totals — 156.6 (+9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 82% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BEL -9.0 (+1.0) 152.7 (+13.3) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -8.0 (+2.0) 152.8 (+13.2) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -9.7 (+0.3) 150.5 (+15.5) 80% ✓
Baseline ML BEL -9.1 (+0.9) 152.0 (+14.0) 78% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 10, 2026 BRAD 95 – 84 BEL
Feb 6, 2025 BEL 80 – 77 BRAD
Jan 22, 2025 BRAD 89 – 77 BEL
Jan 20, 2024 BRAD 95 – 72 BEL
Jan 21, 2023 BEL 78 – 76 BRAD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL BRAD
Overall 26-6 21-13
Conference 16-4 13-7
Home 13-2 14-3
Away 11-3 4-7
Neutral 2-1 3-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 83.5 77.0
Avg Pts Against 74.1 74.2
Massey 9.7 (#66) 3.3 (#124)
Bradley-Terry 1.61 (#65) 0.74 (#115)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#67) 0.80 (#124)
RPI 0.552 (#89) 0.517 (#134)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL BRAD
FG% 51.7% 43.9%
3PT% 41.4% 34.7%
REB / G 38.6 34.8
OREB / G 9.1 9.8
AST / TO 1.28 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 60.9% 51.2%
TOV% 19.7% 14.7%
ORB% 28.9% 27.1%
FT Rate 22.2% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.7% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 21.9%
DRB% 71.8% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 26.8%

Game Analysis

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