Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Conference USA · Liberty Arena (VA) · January 15, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LIB -8.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money LIB -455 / NMSU +350
Model Predictions
Spread Total LIB win
Actual LIB +2 144 Won
Massey LIB -6.9 (-4.9) — —
Massey Totals — 144.8 (-0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 88% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LIB -7.3 (-5.3) 142.4 (+1.6) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LIB -6.9 (-4.9) 142.8 (+1.2) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LIB -7.5 (-5.5) 141.6 (+2.4) 78% ✓
Baseline ML LIB -7.3 (-5.3) 143.0 (+1.0) 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

Feb 12, 2026 LIB 77 – 75 NMSU
Feb 14, 2025 LIB 64 – 54 NMSU
Jan 19, 2025 LIB 68 – 60 NMSU
Mar 1, 2024 LIB 83 – 58 NMSU
Feb 2, 2024 NMSU 79 – 73 LIB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LIB NMSU
Overall 26-8 16-16
Conference 17-3 8-12
Home 14-2 10-5
Away 11-3 3-8
Neutral 1-3 3-3
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.8 73.9
Avg Pts Against 72.2 73.8
Massey 5.5 (#101) 2.2 (#136)
Bradley-Terry 1.59 (#70) 0.21 (#156)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.84 (#73) 0.43 (#142)
RPI 0.592 (#43) 0.518 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors LIB NMSU
FG% 50.0% 42.8%
3PT% 38.5% 32.7%
REB / G 29.8 36.7
OREB / G 6.5 11.8
AST / TO 1.78 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.9% 49.3%
TOV% 14.1% 16.6%
ORB% 21.0% 33.1%
FT Rate 20.1% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.1% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 16.5%
DRB% 64.5% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 35.5%

Game Analysis

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