He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Southland Conference · The Field House · January 31, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ETAM -1.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money ETAM -130 / NICH +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETAM win
Actual NICH +4 140 Lost
Massey NICH -0.5 (-3.5)
Massey Totals 149.2 (-9.2)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 57%
Efficiency Plus ML NICH -1.6 (-2.4) 142.7 (-2.7) 43%
Baseline Tuned ML ETAM -0.2 (-4.2) 142.2 (-2.2) 53%
Baseline ML ETAM -0.0 (-4.0) 143.1 (-3.1) 51%
Baseline Plus ML NICH -0.9 (-3.1) 143.0 (-3.0) 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

Jan 3, 2026 NICH 8058 ETAM
Feb 8, 2025 NICH 8165 ETAM
Jan 7, 2025 NICH 8361 ETAM
Mar 12, 2024 NICH 7251 ETAM
Feb 24, 2024 NICH 8570 ETAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETAM NICH
Overall 11-21 14-19
Conference 6-16 12-10
Home 6-8 6-6
Away 4-13 7-12
Neutral 1-0 1-1
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 67.1 71.0
Avg Pts Against 76.0 75.7
Massey -8.5 (#294) -4.8 (#242)
Bradley-Terry -1.15 (#272) -0.85 (#245)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.51 (#267) -1.18 (#246)
RPI 0.465 (#240) 0.461 (#245)
Shooting & Four Factors ETAM NICH
FG% 41.4% 42.6%
3PT% 31.4% 34.6%
REB / G 32.4 29.5
OREB / G 9.4 10.2
AST / TO 1.03 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 50.5%
TOV% 20.3% 17.4%
ORB% 26.1% 27.6%
FT Rate 20.7% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.4% 55.9%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 21.8%
DRB% 66.0% 64.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 31.7%

Game Analysis

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