Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · February 26, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -7.5 Home covered
O/U 163.5 Over
Money VAN -360 / UGA +285
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +8 168 Won
Massey VAN -6.3 (+1.7)
Massey Totals 173.5 (-5.5)
Bradley-Terry 76%
Weighted B-T 84%
Efficiency Plus ML VAN -7.6 (+0.4) 170.0 (-2.0) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -7.1 (+0.9) 166.2 (+1.8) 75%
Baseline ML VAN -6.8 (+1.2) 163.5 (+4.5) 77%
Baseline Plus ML VAN -7.0 (+1.0) 165.5 (+2.5) 75%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 8, 2025 UGA 7968 VAN
Feb 22, 2024 UGA 7664 VAN
Jan 21, 2023 VAN 8582 UGA
Mar 10, 2022 VAN 8651 UGA
Jan 29, 2022 VAN 8577 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN UGA
Overall 27-9 22-11
Conference 11-7 10-8
Home 13-3 14-4
Away 8-4 6-4
Neutral 6-2 2-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 85.7 89.4
Avg Pts Against 75.0 79.8
Massey 20.3 (#11) 16.9 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 3.00 (#22) 2.33 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.28 (#16) 3.22 (#34)
RPI 0.624 (#20) 0.567 (#61)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN UGA
FG% 48.0% 46.9%
3PT% 36.2% 32.8%
REB / G 36.2 39.0
OREB / G 10.6 13.6
AST / TO 1.71 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 54.0%
TOV% 13.6% 14.2%
ORB% 31.1% 36.1%
FT Rate 29.7% 27.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 19.1%
DRB% 70.1% 64.4%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 21.1%

Game Analysis

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