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
High Point Panthers
100 – 96 OT
FINAL Conference
Winthrop Eagles
Big South Conference · Qubein Center · February 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HPU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money HPU -350 / WIN +350
Model Predictions
Spread Total HPU win
Actual HPU +4 196 Won
Massey HPU -6.8 (-2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 158.8 (+37.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HPU -6.7 (-2.7) 154.6 (+41.4) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HPU -5.8 (-1.8) 155.7 (+40.3) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HPU -7.0 (-3.0) 156.3 (+39.7) 78% ✓
Baseline ML HPU -6.5 (-2.5) 155.7 (+40.3) 77% ✓

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 8, 2026 HPU 91 – 76 WIN
Feb 21, 2026 HPU 89 – 87 WIN
Jan 14, 2026 WIN 92 – 75 HPU
Mar 9, 2025 HPU 81 – 69 WIN
Feb 15, 2025 HPU 88 – 66 WIN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HPU WIN
Overall 27-9 17-15
Conference 13-3 8-8
Home 16-1 9-5
Away 7-5 6-9
Neutral 4-3 2-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 82.1 75.0
Avg Pts Against 75.2 73.5
Massey 3.8 (#117) 0.4 (#157)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#99) -0.10 (#178)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.27 (#100) -0.09 (#171)
RPI 0.549 (#94) 0.502 (#170)
Shooting & Four Factors HPU WIN
FG% 46.0% 45.4%
3PT% 33.1% 33.6%
REB / G 39.3 34.1
OREB / G 12.9 10.2
AST / TO 1.00 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 52.0%
TOV% 15.8% 18.7%
ORB% 37.1% 30.6%
FT Rate 35.0% 35.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 18.5%
DRB% 76.8% 66.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 25.1%

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