He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Howard Bison
78 – 72
FINAL Conference
Morgan State Bears
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · February 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -10.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money HOW -500 / MORG +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +6 150 Won
Massey HOW -10.9 (-4.9) — —
Massey Totals — 159.0 (-9.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -9.1 (-3.1) 150.8 (-0.8) 82% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -8.1 (-2.1) 151.3 (-1.3) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -8.7 (-2.7) 151.9 (-1.9) 80% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -8.9 (-2.9) 152.0 (-2.0) 81% ✓

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 28, 2026 HOW 84 – 59 MORG
Jan 24, 2026 MORG 78 – 77 HOW
Mar 13, 2025 MORG 91 – 90 HOW
Feb 22, 2025 HOW 87 – 81 MORG
Jan 11, 2025 HOW 100 – 95 MORG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW MORG
Overall 18-17 11-20
Conference 9-5 7-7
Home 9-4 8-5
Away 6-9 3-12
Neutral 3-4 0-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 69.8
Avg Pts Against 75.1 80.0
Massey -6.1 (#275) -13.7 (#344)
Bradley-Terry -1.34 (#298) -1.84 (#326)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.48 (#291) -2.22 (#322)
RPI 0.435 (#303) 0.430 (#308)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW MORG
FG% 44.7% 42.5%
3PT% 36.5% 29.1%
REB / G 35.0 32.5
OREB / G 10.6 10.4
AST / TO 0.91 0.77
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 46.6%
TOV% 20.7% 20.1%
ORB% 31.6% 28.7%
FT Rate 29.6% 21.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 53.3%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 18.0%
DRB% 68.2% 62.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 28.6%

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