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La Salle Explorers
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FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Tom Gola Arena · January 13, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money LAS +188 / VCU -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total LAS win
Actual VCU +6 136 Lost
Massey VCU -3.3 (-2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 146.6 (-10.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 49% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VCU -3.4 (-2.6) 142.7 (-6.7) 37% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VCU -3.9 (-2.1) 142.7 (-6.7) 33% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -2.6 (-3.4) 143.5 (-7.5) 40% ✓
Baseline ML VCU -3.2 (-2.8) 144.1 (-8.1) 38% ✓

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 11, 2026 VCU 77 – 68 LAS
Feb 5, 2025 VCU 96 – 66 LAS
Dec 31, 2022 VCU 80 – 67 LAS
Jan 8, 2022 VCU 85 – 66 LAS
Jan 30, 2021 VCU 73 – 62 LAS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LAS VCU
Overall 16-17 24-14
Conference 6-12 11-7
Home 11-6 13-6
Away 3-10 7-5
Neutral 2-1 4-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.6 71.0
Avg Pts Against 74.1 66.7
Massey -2.5 (#216) 4.9 (#102)
Bradley-Terry 0.25 (#155) 0.48 (#136)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.04 (#173) 0.92 (#116)
RPI 0.497 (#177) 0.527 (#127)
Shooting & Four Factors LAS VCU
FG% 43.2% 45.2%
3PT% 34.7% 34.0%
REB / G 34.3 36.4
OREB / G 10.1 10.1
AST / TO 1.40 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 52.7%
TOV% 14.8% 19.2%
ORB% 27.0% 31.2%
FT Rate 19.9% 27.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 16.0%
DRB% 66.8% 72.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 26.8%

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