Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Missouri Valley Conference · Ford Center · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VAL -5.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money EVAN +195 / VAL -238
Model Predictions
Spread Total EVAN win
Actual EVAN +1 159 Won
Massey VAL -6.4 (+7.4) — —
Massey Totals — 138.8 (+20.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 20% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 17% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VAL -6.2 (+7.2) 140.1 (+18.9) 26% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VAL -5.8 (+6.8) 139.0 (+20.0) 26% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VAL -6.5 (+7.5) 138.0 (+21.0) 23% ✗
Baseline ML VAL -6.3 (+7.3) 139.1 (+19.9) 23% ✗

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 7, 2026 VAL 70 – 63 EVAN
Feb 17, 2025 EVAN 79 – 69 VAL
Jan 25, 2025 EVAN 78 – 68 VAL
Feb 3, 2024 EVAN 63 – 62 VAL
Jan 18, 2024 EVAN 78 – 75 VAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EVAN VAL
Overall 7-25 18-15
Conference 3-17 11-9
Home 5-10 13-4
Away 1-12 4-10
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 65.8 71.2
Avg Pts Against 78.3 71.9
Massey -8.9 (#299) 0.5 (#158)
Bradley-Terry -1.70 (#318) 0.22 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.97 (#306) 0.23 (#148)
RPI 0.435 (#307) 0.492 (#203)
Shooting & Four Factors EVAN VAL
FG% 42.3% 41.5%
3PT% 31.6% 33.5%
REB / G 30.2 36.1
OREB / G 7.6 12.1
AST / TO 0.94 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.1% 47.6%
TOV% 19.4% 15.7%
ORB% 22.2% 32.8%
FT Rate 21.1% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.7% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.0%
DRB% 69.5% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 24.6%

Game Analysis

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