Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Reynolds Center · December 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread TLSA -6.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money TLSA -300 / SOU +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total TLSA win
Actual SOU +4 136 Lost
Massey SOU -2.7 (-1.3)
Massey Totals 147.2 (-11.2)
Bradley-Terry 51%
Weighted B-T 49%
Baseline Plus ML TLSA -0.7 (-4.7) 142.1 (-6.1) 55%
Baseline ML SOU -0.3 (-3.7) 141.9 (-5.9) 55%
Baseline Tuned ML SOU -0.1 (-3.9) 141.7 (-5.7) 48%
Efficiency Plus ML TLSA -0.8 (-4.8) 142.3 (-6.3) 59%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TLSA SOU
Overall 13-20 20-12
Conference 6-12 15-3
Home 8-9 11-1
Away 3-8 9-10
Neutral 2-3 0-1
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.1 70.6
Avg Pts Against 74.2 69.5
Massey -8.0 (#304) -0.6 (#170)
Bradley-Terry -1.12 (#266) -0.27 (#198)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.40 (#257) -0.38 (#189)
RPI 0.434 (#286) 0.508 (#159)
Shooting & Four Factors TLSA SOU
FG% 39.8% 43.0%
3PT% 28.1% 33.3%
REB / G 38.4 34.2
OREB / G 12.4 11.6
AST / TO 1.04 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 48.7%
TOV% 16.8% 20.5%
ORB% 29.6% 31.2%
FT Rate 24.8% 17.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 55.1%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 19.7%
DRB% 66.9% 65.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 23.9%

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