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
Akron Zips
91 – 81
FINAL Conference
Toledo Rockets
Mid-American Conference · James A. Rhodes Arena · January 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -12.5 Away covered
O/U 168.5 Over
Money AKR -950 / TOL +625
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +10 172 Won
Massey AKR -13.9 (-3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 173.4 (-1.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 89% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -13.2 (-3.2) 158.1 (+13.9) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -14.3 (-4.3) 158.5 (+13.5) 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -13.6 (-3.6) 158.9 (+13.1) 86% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -12.8 (-2.8) 159.2 (+12.8) 86% ✓

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 15, 2026 AKR 79 – 76 TOL
Mar 14, 2025 AKR 100 – 90 TOL
Mar 5, 2025 AKR 96 – 87 TOL
Jan 15, 2025 AKR 85 – 78 TOL
Feb 21, 2024 TOL 72 – 64 AKR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR TOL
Overall 29-6 19-15
Conference 17-1 11-7
Home 15-0 11-4
Away 9-3 5-9
Neutral 5-3 3-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 86.4 79.8
Avg Pts Against 75.0 77.4
Massey 11.2 (#52) 0.5 (#157)
Bradley-Terry 1.81 (#55) 0.25 (#144)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.12 (#64) 0.39 (#133)
RPI 0.587 (#46) 0.537 (#106)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR TOL
FG% 51.2% 46.5%
3PT% 39.7% 35.1%
REB / G 36.7 32.8
OREB / G 11.2 11.1
AST / TO 1.75 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.9% 52.1%
TOV% 15.2% 15.3%
ORB% 34.6% 31.4%
FT Rate 22.1% 27.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 56.4%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 19.0%
DRB% 68.4% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 18.0%

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