Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Bud Walton Arena · December 30, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ARK -23.5 Home covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money ARK -9000 / JMU +2500
Model Predictions
Spread Total ARK win
Actual ARK +29 177 Won
Massey ARK -25.0 (+4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 163.8 (+13.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARK -19.0 (+10.0) 160.9 (+16.1) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARK -21.9 (+7.1) 158.3 (+18.7) 91% ✓
Baseline ML ARK -24.6 (+4.4) 156.8 (+20.2) 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARK -24.4 (+4.6) 157.2 (+19.8) 91% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ARK JMU
Overall 28-9 18-15
Conference 13-5 9-9
Home 17-1 11-4
Away 5-5 5-10
Neutral 6-3 2-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 90.2 74.7
Avg Pts Against 81.0 74.4
Massey 16.3 (#28) -4.6 (#237)
Bradley-Terry 2.77 (#26) -0.41 (#212)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.36 (#21) -0.70 (#218)
RPI 0.591 (#46) 0.468 (#234)
Shooting & Four Factors ARK JMU
FG% 48.7% 44.4%
3PT% 38.3% 35.9%
REB / G 38.1 35.6
OREB / G 11.3 10.8
AST / TO 1.80 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 52.7%
TOV% 13.4% 16.2%
ORB% 32.8% 30.1%
FT Rate 30.5% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 14.5%
DRB% 68.7% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 34.7%

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