Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Mid-American Conference · University Arena (MI) · February 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BUF -3.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money WMU +170 / BUF -163
Model Predictions
Spread Total WMU win
Actual BUF +9 161 Lost
Massey BUF -2.4 (-6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.7 (+5.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 25% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUF -3.1 (-5.9) 151.5 (+9.5) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUF -4.7 (-4.3) 149.4 (+11.6) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUF -3.2 (-5.8) 152.2 (+8.8) 36% ✓
Baseline ML BUF -3.6 (-5.4) 152.8 (+8.2) 39% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 20, 2025 BUF 88 – 71 WMU
Feb 19, 2025 WMU 97 – 64 BUF
Jan 18, 2025 BUF 85 – 76 WMU
Feb 24, 2024 WMU 91 – 72 BUF
Jan 6, 2024 WMU 82 – 77 BUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WMU BUF
Overall 8-23 15-17
Conference 4-14 9-9
Home 7-7 11-4
Away 1-15 3-9
Neutral 0-1 1-4
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak W1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.3 75.4
Avg Pts Against 76.5 79.0
Massey -7.0 (#292) -1.1 (#193)
Bradley-Terry -2.13 (#341) -0.41 (#218)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.35 (#332) -0.52 (#210)
RPI 0.405 (#337) 0.491 (#189)
Shooting & Four Factors WMU BUF
FG% 42.1% 44.5%
3PT% 31.7% 31.5%
REB / G 37.1 37.5
OREB / G 12.4 12.2
AST / TO 0.91 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 49.7%
TOV% 19.7% 20.2%
ORB% 34.8% 32.4%
FT Rate 22.0% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.1% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 14.0% 19.1%
DRB% 73.4% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 27.7%

Game Analysis

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