The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
98 66
FINAL Neutral Conference SoCon
VMI Keydets
Southern Conference · Harrah's Cherokee Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ETSU -17.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money ETSU -2500 / VMI +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total ETSU win
Actual ETSU +32 164 Won
Massey ETSU -15.2 (+16.8)
Massey Totals 144.3 (+19.7)
Bradley-Terry 97%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML ETSU -14.1 (+17.9) 146.5 (+17.5) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML ETSU -16.6 (+15.4) 142.1 (+21.9) 89%
Baseline ML ETSU -18.2 (+13.8) 141.7 (+22.3) 90%
Baseline Plus ML ETSU -15.7 (+16.3) 143.0 (+21.0) 90%

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 7, 2026 ETSU 8770 VMI
Jan 8, 2026 ETSU 8167 VMI
Feb 5, 2025 ETSU 6255 VMI
Jan 1, 2025 ETSU 8469 VMI
Feb 22, 2024 ETSU 8269 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ETSU VMI
Overall 19-16 4-28
Conference 8-10 1-17
Home 10-4 4-10
Away 5-11 0-15
Neutral 4-1 0-3
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L13
Avg Pts For 70.4 66.7
Avg Pts Against 70.8 84.9
Massey -2.2 (#203) -17.4 (#359)
Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#168) -3.49 (#360)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.06 (#172) -3.98 (#357)
RPI 0.503 (#172) 0.372 (#358)
Shooting & Four Factors ETSU VMI
FG% 40.4% 40.8%
3PT% 30.0% 30.0%
REB / G 37.2 35.5
OREB / G 13.5 9.0
AST / TO 0.90 0.59
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 45.9%
TOV% 18.1% 21.1%
ORB% 34.7% 24.0%
FT Rate 22.3% 19.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 54.2%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 15.1%
DRB% 70.1% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 19.5%

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