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Ole Miss Rebels
86 89 OT
FINAL Conference
Vanderbilt Commodores
Southeastern Conference · The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss · March 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -7.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money MISS +250 / VAN -310
Model Predictions
Spread Total MISS win
Actual VAN +3 175 Lost
Massey VAN -9.6 (+6.6)
Massey Totals 154.8 (+20.2)
Bradley-Terry 18%
Weighted B-T 9%
Efficiency Plus ML VAN -6.6 (+3.6) 155.1 (+19.9) 25%
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -6.8 (+3.8) 150.9 (+24.1) 23%
Baseline ML VAN -7.4 (+4.4) 152.0 (+23.0) 22%
Baseline Plus ML VAN -9.2 (+6.2) 153.2 (+21.8) 20%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 31, 2026 VAN 7168 MISS
Feb 22, 2025 VAN 7772 MISS
Jan 13, 2024 MISS 6956 VAN
Feb 4, 2023 VAN 7471 MISS
Mar 5, 2022 VAN 6361 MISS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MISS VAN
Overall 15-20 27-9
Conference 4-14 11-7
Home 7-9 13-3
Away 3-7 8-4
Neutral 5-4 6-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.9 85.7
Avg Pts Against 76.1 75.0
Massey 7.3 (#85) 19.9 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 0.88 (#96) 2.94 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.18 (#94) 4.13 (#17)
RPI 0.510 (#160) 0.620 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors MISS VAN
FG% 44.2% 48.1%
3PT% 33.2% 35.5%
REB / G 34.0 35.7
OREB / G 10.3 10.5
AST / TO 1.46 1.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 56.0%
TOV% 13.8% 13.5%
ORB% 28.9% 30.9%
FT Rate 24.9% 29.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 17.9%
DRB% 67.4% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 29.7% 31.4%

Game Analysis

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