Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Dayton Flyers
70 – 59
FINAL Conference
Davidson Wildcats
Atlantic 10 Conference · UD Arena · February 15, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread DAY -5.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money DAY -238 / DAV +195
Model Predictions
Spread Total DAY win
Actual DAY +11 129 Won
Massey DAY -4.0 (+7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 141.9 (-12.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DAY -2.2 (+8.8) 140.5 (-11.5) 65% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DAY -4.4 (+6.6) 139.9 (-10.9) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DAY -3.3 (+7.7) 140.8 (-11.8) 65% ✓
Baseline ML DAY -2.4 (+8.6) 141.5 (-12.5) 65% ✓

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 5, 2025 DAY 69 – 63 DAV
Feb 28, 2024 DAY 80 – 66 DAV
Jan 4, 2024 DAY 72 – 59 DAV
Jan 18, 2023 DAY 68 – 61 DAV
Dec 31, 2022 DAY 69 – 55 DAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DAY DAV
Overall 25-12 20-14
Conference 12-6 10-8
Home 14-4 11-7
Away 8-5 7-5
Neutral 3-3 2-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.1 69.9
Avg Pts Against 69.3 68.5
Massey 5.2 (#102) 4.2 (#110)
Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#89) 0.73 (#100)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.31 (#89) 0.90 (#101)
RPI 0.554 (#70) 0.551 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors DAY DAV
FG% 44.6% 45.8%
3PT% 32.8% 37.3%
REB / G 32.7 32.2
OREB / G 9.0 9.9
AST / TO 1.15 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 53.9%
TOV% 17.2% 16.3%
ORB% 26.8% 29.7%
FT Rate 35.6% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 18.0%
DRB% 68.8% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.8% 23.8%

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