And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Big Sky Conference · Hornet Pavilion · January 16, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SAC -1.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money SAC -130 / NAU +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total SAC win
Actual SAC +14 152 Won
Massey SAC -2.2 (+11.8) — —
Massey Totals — 150.8 (+1.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SAC -1.0 (+13.0) 145.8 (+6.2) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SAC -0.8 (+13.2) 147.5 (+4.5) 55% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SAC -0.8 (+13.2) 144.8 (+7.2) 53% ✓
Baseline ML SAC -0.6 (+13.4) 145.4 (+6.6) 53% ✓

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 15, 2026 NAU 79 – 74 SAC
Feb 15, 2025 NAU 65 – 61 SAC
Jan 17, 2025 NAU 77 – 53 SAC
Feb 16, 2024 NAU 73 – 58 SAC
Jan 20, 2024 NAU 70 – 61 SAC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SAC NAU
Overall 10-21 10-22
Conference 6-12 4-14
Home 10-4 9-7
Away 0-16 1-13
Neutral 0-1 0-2
Last 5 0-5 0-5
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 75.9 68.1
Avg Pts Against 83.6 77.6
Massey -8.9 (#298) -7.6 (#280)
Bradley-Terry -2.01 (#329) -1.89 (#322)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.76 (#331) -2.16 (#306)
RPI 0.399 (#338) 0.380 (#347)
Shooting & Four Factors SAC NAU
FG% 38.3% 44.1%
3PT% 28.0% 34.5%
REB / G 34.4 31.7
OREB / G 11.7 8.6
AST / TO 0.89 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.4% 49.8%
TOV% 16.0% 17.3%
ORB% 28.5% 25.2%
FT Rate 29.9% 19.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.8% 54.3%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 17.3%
DRB% 65.6% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 29.5% 22.9%

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