Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · February 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UK -8.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money VAN +320 / UK -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual UK +32 186 Lost
Massey UK -11.9 (-20.1) — —
Massey Totals — 157.7 (+28.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 9% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UK -11.5 (-20.5) 155.2 (+30.8) 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UK -9.9 (-22.1) 151.9 (+34.1) 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UK -11.1 (-20.9) 152.9 (+33.1) 17% ✓
Baseline ML UK -11.7 (-20.3) 153.0 (+33.0) 17% ✓

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 28, 2026 UK 91 – 77 VAN
Jan 28, 2026 VAN 80 – 55 UK
Feb 20, 2025 UK 82 – 61 VAN
Jan 25, 2025 VAN 74 – 69 UK
Mar 7, 2024 UK 93 – 77 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN UK
Overall 9-23 23-10
Conference 4-14 13-5
Home 8-10 14-4
Away 1-9 7-3
Neutral 0-4 2-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.9 89.0
Avg Pts Against 75.9 79.7
Massey -2.1 (#196) 13.2 (#26)
Bradley-Terry -0.85 (#260) 2.08 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.88 (#247) 2.57 (#33)
RPI 0.456 (#259) 0.584 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN UK
FG% 39.2% 48.9%
3PT% 28.0% 40.3%
REB / G 35.6 38.6
OREB / G 10.7 10.1
AST / TO 0.87 1.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.9% 56.4%
TOV% 16.0% 13.1%
ORB% 27.9% 28.0%
FT Rate 25.1% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 16.4%
DRB% 72.7% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 22.1%

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