And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Southern Conference · Freedom Hall (TN) · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ETSU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money ETSU -305 / MER +245
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETSU win
Actual ETSU +6 148 Won
Massey ETSU -7.0 (-1.0)
Massey Totals 151.8 (-3.8)
Bradley-Terry 46%
Weighted B-T 48%
Efficiency Plus ML ETSU -5.9 (+0.1) 145.5 (+2.5) 75%
Baseline Tuned ML ETSU -5.2 (+0.8) 143.9 (+4.1) 71%
Baseline ML ETSU -5.1 (+0.9) 144.1 (+3.9) 70%
Baseline Plus ML ETSU -5.7 (+0.3) 145.6 (+2.4) 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

Feb 28, 2026 MER 8276 ETSU
Feb 26, 2025 ETSU 5958 MER
Jan 9, 2025 ETSU 7068 MER
Feb 1, 2024 ETSU 5449 MER
Jan 4, 2024 ETSU 8069 MER

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETSU MER
Overall 23-11 19-13
Conference 13-5 11-7
Home 13-4 14-1
Away 8-6 5-11
Neutral 2-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.8 80.1
Avg Pts Against 70.1 77.8
Massey 4.4 (#109) 1.2 (#150)
Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#219) 0.32 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.44 (#193) 0.33 (#151)
RPI 0.476 (#220) 0.532 (#106)
Shooting & Four Factors ETSU MER
FG% 48.4% 44.0%
3PT% 34.4% 33.1%
REB / G 32.8 35.3
OREB / G 9.3 11.1
AST / TO 1.28 1.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 50.4%
TOV% 17.0% 15.2%
ORB% 29.5% 29.3%
FT Rate 24.2% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 17.5%
DRB% 70.9% 65.0%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 20.2%

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