And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Idaho Vandals
92 – 89
FINAL Conference
Montana State Bobcats
Big Sky Conference · ICCU Arena · January 10, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread IDHO -1.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money IDHO -125 / MTST +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total IDHO win
Actual IDHO +3 181 Won
Massey IDHO -0.8 (+2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 142.4 (+38.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 62% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IDHO -0.8 (+2.2) 142.8 (+38.2) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IDHO -1.5 (+1.5) 141.6 (+39.4) 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IDHO -1.5 (+1.5) 139.8 (+41.2) 56% ✓
Baseline ML IDHO -0.6 (+2.4) 140.6 (+40.4) 52% ✓

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 IDHO 78 – 74 MTST
Feb 6, 2026 MTST 73 – 66 IDHO
Mar 4, 2025 MTST 75 – 60 IDHO
Jan 3, 2025 IDHO 69 – 64 MTST
Mar 1, 2024 MTST 62 – 48 IDHO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IDHO MTST
Overall 21-15 18-14
Conference 9-9 12-6
Home 9-4 11-2
Away 7-9 6-11
Neutral 5-2 0-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.8 75.7
Avg Pts Against 74.1 73.5
Massey -0.4 (#175) 2.5 (#131)
Bradley-Terry 0.04 (#171) -0.00 (#175)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.06 (#173) 0.14 (#158)
RPI 0.481 (#208) 0.503 (#164)
Shooting & Four Factors IDHO MTST
FG% 42.2% 44.8%
3PT% 34.6% 32.2%
REB / G 35.5 32.9
OREB / G 10.8 9.8
AST / TO 1.08 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 52.3%
TOV% 16.1% 16.0%
ORB% 30.3% 28.4%
FT Rate 28.8% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 16.1%
DRB% 72.7% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 29.0%

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