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UTEP Miners 67
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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 77
2026-02-26

Model Predictions

Model UTEP Miners Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Spread Result
Elo 19.4% 80.6% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 29.6% 70.4% - ✓
Margin 16.1% 83.9% +9.1 ✓ (0.9 off)
Pythagorean 33.5% 66.5% - ✓
Efficiency 72.9% 27.1% - ✗
Adjusted Efficiency 16.3% 83.7% - ✓
Log Adjusted 16.1% 83.9% - ✓
Points Off/Def 29.7% 70.3% - ✓

Actual: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders +10 (77-67). Predictions use season-end ratings.

UTEP Miners

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Kas. Watson 37 7-9 4-5 6-8 4 1 2 0 4 24 18 -
E. Jones 36 8-13 3-6 0-0 6 0 0 2 2 19 12 -
C. Blackwell 29 3-10 0-4 0-0 2 2 2 0 1 6 1 -
KJ Thomas 26 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 4 0 0 1 2 6 -
C. Brooks 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -
J. West Jr. 16 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 1 2 4 4 -
T. Horton 15 2-3 2-3 0-1 2 1 1 0 0 6 7 -
LA Hayes 15 1-5 0-2 2-4 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 -
M. Mbaye 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Alston 35 4-10 0-1 7-11 11 2 1 0 1 15 18 -
A. Oglesby 34 5-12 4-10 3-3 1 3 0 0 0 17 9 -
C. Loofe 28 3-6 0-0 1-2 13 0 0 0 5 7 9 -
K. Lands 27 7-14 2-7 6-6 0 1 2 0 1 22 10 -
S. Smith 23 2-6 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 -
J. Carter 19 4-6 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 3 9 4 -
T. Green 19 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 3 3 -
L. Jovanovic 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -
M. Whitlock Jr. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

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