Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Big South Conference · Templeton Center · January 18, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HPU -7.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money PRES +350 / HPU -333
Model Predictions
Spread Total PRES win
Actual HPU +3 169 Lost
Massey HPU -7.6 (+4.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.6 (+13.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HPU -8.3 (+5.3) 152.2 (+16.8) 20% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HPU -7.3 (+4.3) 148.8 (+20.2) 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HPU -8.0 (+5.0) 151.2 (+17.8) 23% ✓
Baseline ML HPU -7.3 (+4.3) 152.8 (+16.2) 26% ✓

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 27, 2026 HPU 79 – 73 PRES
Jan 30, 2026 HPU 84 – 81 PRES
Feb 1, 2025 HPU 84 – 72 PRES
Jan 19, 2025 HPU 77 – 66 PRES
Feb 4, 2024 HPU 78 – 68 PRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PRES HPU
Overall 14-19 27-9
Conference 6-10 13-3
Home 8-7 16-1
Away 5-9 7-5
Neutral 1-3 4-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 82.1
Avg Pts Against 74.6 75.2
Massey -8.2 (#299) 3.3 (#118)
Bradley-Terry -1.52 (#306) 1.07 (#94)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.81 (#302) 1.74 (#76)
RPI 0.396 (#332) 0.540 (#106)
Shooting & Four Factors PRES HPU
FG% 45.7% 46.1%
3PT% 33.0% 33.5%
REB / G 32.9 39.9
OREB / G 7.9 12.9
AST / TO 1.07 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 52.6%
TOV% 17.4% 16.7%
ORB% 23.3% 38.0%
FT Rate 24.5% 35.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 13.4%
DRB% 75.0% 77.5%
Opp FT Rate 32.5% 25.9%

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