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
Navy Midshipmen
76 50
FINAL Conference
Lafayette Leopards
Patriot League · Alumni Hall (Navy) · January 10, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NAVY -8.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money NAVY -440 / LAF +340
Model Predictions
Spread Total NAVY win
Actual NAVY +26 126 Won
Massey NAVY -12.2 (+13.8)
Massey Totals 145.0 (-19.0)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 97%
Efficiency Plus ML NAVY -10.0 (+16.0) 140.1 (-14.1) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML NAVY -12.8 (+13.2) 140.3 (-14.3) 87%
Baseline ML NAVY -11.8 (+14.2) 141.6 (-15.6) 84%
Baseline Plus ML NAVY -11.8 (+14.2) 139.3 (-13.3) 85%

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 5, 2026 NAVY 6550 LAF
Feb 8, 2025 LAF 6151 NAVY
Jan 5, 2025 NAVY 7170 LAF
Feb 29, 2024 NAVY 6258 LAF
Jan 13, 2024 LAF 7862 NAVY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NAVY LAF
Overall 26-8 11-21
Conference 17-1 8-10
Home 15-2 6-10
Away 10-5 5-11
Neutral 1-1 0-0
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 69.1
Avg Pts Against 65.6 75.4
Massey -2.3 (#202) -10.9 (#318)
Bradley-Terry -0.21 (#188) -2.83 (#346)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.53 (#201) -3.48 (#343)
RPI 0.484 (#203) 0.353 (#361)
Shooting & Four Factors NAVY LAF
FG% 44.3% 43.1%
3PT% 33.6% 35.4%
REB / G 35.4 32.2
OREB / G 10.1 9.1
AST / TO 1.19 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 49.9%
TOV% 17.6% 16.3%
ORB% 30.3% 25.8%
FT Rate 31.6% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 14.1%
DRB% 73.1% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 23.9%

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