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UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
86 68
FINAL Neutral Conference Southland
Nicholls Colonels
Southland Conference · Townsley Law Arena (Neutral) · March 10, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread RGV -5.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money RGV -258 / NICH +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total RGV win
Actual RGV +18 154 Won
Massey RGV -6.5 (+11.5)
Massey Totals 145.1 (+8.9)
Bradley-Terry 65%
Weighted B-T 76%
Efficiency Plus ML RGV -5.4 (+12.6) 137.4 (+16.6) 66%
Baseline Tuned ML RGV -6.0 (+12.0) 137.2 (+16.8) 77%
Baseline ML RGV -6.0 (+12.0) 135.6 (+18.4) 76%
Baseline Plus ML RGV -6.1 (+11.9) 137.6 (+16.4) 74%

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 10, 2026 RGV 9272 NICH
Dec 31, 2025 NICH 7169 RGV
Feb 22, 2025 NICH 9384 RGV
Jan 28, 2025 NICH 8275 RGV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RGV NICH
Overall 19-14 14-19
Conference 14-8 12-10
Home 10-5 6-6
Away 8-8 7-12
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 71.0
Avg Pts Against 70.6 75.7
Massey 2.0 (#132) -4.5 (#240)
Bradley-Terry -0.13 (#172) -0.75 (#238)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.09 (#155) -1.08 (#248)
RPI 0.510 (#155) 0.481 (#227)
Shooting & Four Factors RGV NICH
FG% 46.5% 43.3%
3PT% 36.5% 33.5%
REB / G 33.8 30.5
OREB / G 9.2 10.0
AST / TO 1.30 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 50.7%
TOV% 18.1% 17.3%
ORB% 28.6% 28.0%
FT Rate 21.7% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 53.9%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 20.6%
DRB% 67.9% 66.0%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 29.8%

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