Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Cornell Big Red
72 – 69
FINAL Conference
Yale Bulldogs
Ivy League · Newman Arena · February 27, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread YALE -4.5 Home covered
O/U 164.5 Under
Money COR +185 / YALE -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total COR win
Actual COR +3 141 Won
Massey YALE -5.2 (+8.2) — —
Massey Totals — 178.6 (-37.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 16% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✗
Baseline Plus ML YALE -5.0 (+8.0) 161.8 (-20.8) 31% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ YALE -4.4 (+7.4) 159.1 (-18.1) 31% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML YALE -4.6 (+7.6) 162.1 (-21.1) 27% ✗
Baseline ML YALE -4.4 (+7.4) 163.4 (-22.4) 30% ✗

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 14, 2026 YALE 88 – 76 COR
Jan 17, 2026 YALE 102 – 68 COR
Mar 16, 2025 YALE 90 – 84 COR
Feb 22, 2025 YALE 92 – 88 COR
Feb 8, 2025 YALE 103 – 88 COR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COR YALE
Overall 15-13 24-7
Conference 8-6 11-3
Home 7-4 10-3
Away 8-8 9-3
Neutral 0-1 5-1
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 85.8 80.1
Avg Pts Against 84.6 71.8
Massey -0.2 (#166) 7.9 (#79)
Bradley-Terry -0.54 (#225) 1.62 (#60)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.64 (#219) 1.71 (#77)
RPI 0.509 (#166) 0.612 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors COR YALE
FG% 48.3% 49.0%
3PT% 38.0% 41.0%
REB / G 34.2 34.7
OREB / G 10.3 10.7
AST / TO 1.66 1.65
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.9% 56.4%
TOV% 16.3% 14.1%
ORB% 30.0% 33.8%
FT Rate 23.1% 28.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.0% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 15.2% 16.0%
DRB% 69.6% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 27.6% 21.1%

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