They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Southern Jaguars
58 73
FINAL Neutral Conference SWAC
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Bartow Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SOU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 129.5 Over
Money SOU -250 / BCU +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total SOU win
Actual BCU +15 131 Lost
Massey SOU -4.0 (-19.0)
Massey Totals 139.1 (-8.1)
Bradley-Terry 66%
Weighted B-T 64%
Efficiency Plus ML SOU -3.4 (-18.4) 133.9 (-2.9) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML SOU -2.5 (-17.5) 133.6 (-2.6) 60%
Baseline ML SOU -2.9 (-17.9) 132.4 (-1.4) 50%
Baseline Plus ML SOU -1.7 (-16.7) 135.0 (-4.0) 52%

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 BCU 8279 SOU
Jan 13, 2026 SOU 7773 BCU
Mar 1, 2025 BCU 7069 SOU
Jan 14, 2025 SOU 6953 BCU
Mar 2, 2024 BCU 6761 SOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SOU BCU
Overall 18-14 17-17
Conference 12-6 11-7
Home 11-2 11-2
Away 7-11 5-11
Neutral 0-1 1-4
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 67.9 70.7
Avg Pts Against 70.6 73.7
Massey -5.7 (#271) -9.7 (#320)
Bradley-Terry -0.35 (#212) -1.01 (#280)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.81 (#245) -1.38 (#289)
RPI 0.505 (#165) 0.450 (#283)
Shooting & Four Factors SOU BCU
FG% 43.5% 42.5%
3PT% 33.1% 31.8%
REB / G 30.2 32.4
OREB / G 8.8 10.3
AST / TO 0.95 0.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 47.4%
TOV% 20.2% 20.1%
ORB% 26.4% 29.7%
FT Rate 23.1% 29.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 22.3% 22.0%
DRB% 69.1% 66.4%
Opp FT Rate 33.0% 34.4%

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