The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Big Sky Conference · Dahlberg Arena · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UNCO -1.5 Home covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money MONT +102 / UNCO -122
Model Predictions
Spread Total MONT win
Actual MONT +9 167 Won
Massey UNCO -1.0 (+10.0) — —
Massey Totals — 165.4 (+1.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 33% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UNCO -0.5 (+9.5) 159.4 (+7.6) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNCO -1.4 (+10.4) 155.9 (+11.1) 47% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -0.2 (+8.8) 155.2 (+11.8) 49% ✗
Baseline ML UNCO -0.4 (+9.4) 155.3 (+11.7) 54% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2026 MONT 95 – 89 UNCO
Mar 3, 2026 UNCO 85 – 57 MONT
Mar 13, 2025 MONT 91 – 83 UNCO
Feb 7, 2025 MONT 86 – 78 UNCO
Jan 11, 2025 UNCO 81 – 57 MONT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MONT UNCO
Overall 18-16 20-12
Conference 10-8 10-8
Home 11-6 11-3
Away 5-9 8-7
Neutral 2-1 1-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.7 80.8
Avg Pts Against 77.6 78.1
Massey -3.0 (#213) 1.9 (#140)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#222) 0.84 (#109)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.70 (#213) 0.92 (#116)
RPI 0.480 (#215) 0.526 (#120)
Shooting & Four Factors MONT UNCO
FG% 47.5% 49.0%
3PT% 37.7% 35.4%
REB / G 33.3 36.3
OREB / G 7.5 8.9
AST / TO 1.01 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 56.4%
TOV% 20.8% 16.8%
ORB% 23.3% 27.5%
FT Rate 27.1% 22.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 14.8% 11.9%
DRB% 66.7% 75.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 25.4%

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