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Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · February 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UGA -1.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money VAN -111 / UGA -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual UGA +12 140 Lost
Massey UGA -5.5 (-6.5)
Massey Totals 141.6 (-1.6)
Bradley-Terry 23%
Weighted B-T 18%
Efficiency Plus ML UGA -4.4 (-7.6) 143.6 (-3.6) 32%
Baseline Tuned ML UGA -5.1 (-6.9) 143.0 (-3.0) 28%
Baseline ML UGA -5.6 (-6.4) 143.6 (-3.6) 33%
Baseline Plus ML UGA -4.6 (-7.4) 143.3 (-3.3) 31%

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 26, 2026 VAN 8880 UGA
Mar 8, 2025 UGA 7968 VAN
Jan 21, 2023 VAN 8582 UGA
Mar 10, 2022 VAN 8651 UGA
Jan 29, 2022 VAN 8577 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN UGA
Overall 9-23 20-17
Conference 4-14 6-12
Home 8-10 13-6
Away 1-9 6-6
Neutral 0-4 1-5
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.9 74.7
Avg Pts Against 75.9 74.7
Massey -2.7 (#214) 6.2 (#92)
Bradley-Terry -0.52 (#221) 1.28 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.73 (#230) 1.51 (#90)
RPI 0.462 (#250) 0.547 (#99)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN UGA
FG% 39.3% 43.3%
3PT% 28.5% 34.7%
REB / G 34.6 35.8
OREB / G 10.8 10.0
AST / TO 0.88 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.1% 50.3%
TOV% 16.0% 16.5%
ORB% 28.5% 27.4%
FT Rate 24.6% 29.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 16.8%
DRB% 70.9% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 21.6%

Game Analysis

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