Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Southland Conference · University Center · February 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SELA -8.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money SELA -450 / NOLA +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total SELA win
Actual SELA +10 144 Won
Massey SELA -10.7 (-0.7) — —
Massey Totals — 147.6 (-3.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SELA -8.9 (+1.1) 148.3 (-4.3) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SELA -9.1 (+0.9) 148.0 (-4.0) 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SELA -9.7 (+0.3) 146.9 (-2.9) 84% ✓
Baseline ML SELA -9.2 (+0.8) 148.4 (-4.4) 82% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 3, 2026 SELA 82 – 78 NOLA
Jan 13, 2026 NOLA 79 – 76 SELA
Feb 1, 2025 SELA 76 – 68 NOLA
Jan 11, 2025 SELA 91 – 71 NOLA
Mar 10, 2024 NOLA 78 – 66 SELA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SELA NOLA
Overall 15-17 10-23
Conference 10-8 4-14
Home 9-4 7-6
Away 6-10 2-15
Neutral 0-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 66.6 70.7
Avg Pts Against 71.8 81.6
Massey -6.9 (#286) -14.3 (#348)
Bradley-Terry -0.97 (#270) -2.68 (#353)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.46 (#289) -3.38 (#354)
RPI 0.473 (#238) 0.387 (#349)
Shooting & Four Factors SELA NOLA
FG% 42.0% 41.5%
3PT% 34.2% 31.6%
REB / G 33.7 33.0
OREB / G 10.2 10.9
AST / TO 1.02 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.6% 45.9%
TOV% 20.5% 17.0%
ORB% 30.8% 28.0%
FT Rate 25.1% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 55.7%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 18.7%
DRB% 68.6% 66.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 28.5%

Game Analysis

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