Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Big Sky Conference · Worthington Arena · January 2, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -2.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money MTST -148 / UNCO +124
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +14 164 Won
Massey MTST -3.3 (+10.7)
Massey Totals 154.6 (+9.4)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 20%
Efficiency Plus ML MTST -0.9 (+13.1) 148.3 (+15.7) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -0.9 (+13.1) 148.6 (+15.4) 58%
Baseline ML MTST -1.3 (+12.7) 147.2 (+16.8) 60%
Baseline Plus ML MTST -1.7 (+12.3) 153.5 (+10.5) 61%

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 20, 2026 MTST 7368 UNCO
Mar 12, 2025 UNCO 7245 MTST
Feb 9, 2025 UNCO 7366 MTST
Jan 10, 2025 UNCO 8382 MTST
Feb 9, 2024 UNCO 7370 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST UNCO
Overall 18-14 20-12
Conference 12-6 10-8
Home 11-2 11-3
Away 6-11 8-7
Neutral 0-1 1-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.7 80.8
Avg Pts Against 73.5 78.1
Massey 2.1 (#136) 2.6 (#129)
Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#212) 1.15 (#94)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.51 (#199) 1.56 (#91)
RPI 0.493 (#189) 0.538 (#102)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST UNCO
FG% 43.7% 49.8%
3PT% 30.9% 35.3%
REB / G 33.2 36.3
OREB / G 10.0 8.7
AST / TO 0.94 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 57.2%
TOV% 15.9% 16.7%
ORB% 27.6% 26.9%
FT Rate 19.8% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 12.1%
DRB% 70.7% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 32.3% 25.8%

Game Analysis

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