Northern Kentucky beat UTEP 84-76 at Sanford Pentagon.
Willie Foster led Northern Kentucky with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Youssouf Traore had 18 points for UTEP. Noah Pagotto led all players with 12 rebounds for Northern Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 2.2 points.
UTEP fans flash the Miner Pick with the pinkie and thumb, and the pickaxe is the school's longest-lived icon, tracing to its first unofficial seal in 1919.
What the model said
Projected that morning with only earlier games
UTEP 72, NKU 78model score
-5.8model spread (home)
150.0model total
2.2points off the final margin
UnderdogNKU +4.510.3WonUnder 150.50.5Lost
OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.
Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.
Line and result
Spread (home)
Total
ML home
ML away
Source
Close
+4.5
150.5
170
-205
DraftKings via ESPN
Margin +8 (home)ATS NKU coveredTotal 160 → over
Travel and rest coming in
Team
Rest days
Miles in
Road streak
Time zone
UTEP
–
972
1
+1 h
NKU
non-MAC team, not tracked
Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).
