They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
Finneran Pavilion · March 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread VILL -8.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money VILL -450 / VCU +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total VILL win
Actual VCU +9 131 Lost
Massey VILL -8.0 (-17.0)
Massey Totals 129.6 (+1.4)
Bradley-Terry 66%
Weighted B-T 74%
Efficiency Plus ML VILL -6.5 (-15.5) 130.0 (+1.0) 60%
Baseline Tuned ML VILL -5.0 (-14.0) 129.3 (+1.7) 70%
Baseline ML VILL -7.1 (-16.1) 130.7 (+0.3) 49%
Baseline Plus ML VILL -5.5 (-14.5) 131.5 (-0.5) 63%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VILL VCU
Overall 18-16 24-14
Conference 10-10 11-7
Home 10-6 13-6
Away 4-8 7-5
Neutral 4-2 4-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 71.0
Avg Pts Against 65.6 66.7
Massey 12.1 (#42) 7.2 (#79)
Bradley-Terry 1.33 (#80) 1.25 (#83)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.93 (#62) 1.52 (#86)
RPI 0.543 (#90) 0.561 (#65)
Shooting & Four Factors VILL VCU
FG% 42.5% 44.4%
3PT% 34.0% 35.7%
REB / G 34.9 35.3
OREB / G 8.6 9.1
AST / TO 1.36 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 52.2%
TOV% 14.5% 18.4%
ORB% 25.2% 28.3%
FT Rate 21.5% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 46.6%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 16.7%
DRB% 75.6% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 25.7%

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