Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Big Sky Conference · Reese Court · January 9, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money EWU +124 / MTST -148
Model Predictions
Spread Total EWU win
Actual MTST +4 132 Lost
Massey MTST -3.5 (-0.5)
Massey Totals 160.1 (-28.1)
Bradley-Terry 17%
Weighted B-T 12%
Efficiency Plus ML MTST -2.4 (-1.6) 147.8 (-15.8) 39%
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -4.3 (+0.3) 148.3 (-16.3) 29%
Baseline ML MTST -4.0 (+0.0) 149.5 (-17.5) 33%
Baseline Plus ML MTST -5.0 (+1.0) 150.6 (-18.6) 37%

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 8, 2026 EWU 7271 MTST
Jan 21, 2025 MTST 7464 EWU
Jan 4, 2025 EWU 6863 MTST
Mar 2, 2024 EWU 108104 MTST
Feb 2, 2024 MTST 7060 EWU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EWU MTST
Overall 14-19 18-14
Conference 11-7 12-6
Home 8-4 11-2
Away 5-13 6-11
Neutral 1-2 0-1
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 75.7
Avg Pts Against 79.2 73.5
Massey -4.8 (#242) 2.4 (#131)
Bradley-Terry -2.28 (#331) -0.05 (#174)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.64 (#321) 0.03 (#165)
RPI 0.404 (#331) 0.502 (#162)
Shooting & Four Factors EWU MTST
FG% 45.5% 44.7%
3PT% 33.9% 32.0%
REB / G 32.5 32.7
OREB / G 11.6 9.8
AST / TO 0.93 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 52.2%
TOV% 19.1% 15.2%
ORB% 32.5% 27.6%
FT Rate 22.3% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 60.0% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 16.2%
DRB% 66.4% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.1% 29.3%

Game Analysis

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