Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Missouri Valley Conference · Hulman Center · December 1, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -3.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money INST +150 / DRKE -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total INST win
Actual INST +2 148 Won
Massey INST -3.5 (-1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 146.8 (+1.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 16% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 8% ✗
Baseline Plus ML INST -1.7 (+0.3) 145.4 (+2.6) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ INST -0.7 (+1.3) 144.7 (+3.3) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML INST -1.1 (+0.9) 144.8 (+3.2) 54% ✓
Baseline ML INST -1.1 (+0.9) 146.5 (+1.5) 50% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 DRKE 76 – 62 INST
Jan 4, 2026 DRKE 74 – 72 INST
Feb 8, 2025 DRKE 85 – 81 INST
Jan 18, 2025 DRKE 71 – 53 INST
Mar 10, 2024 DRKE 84 – 80 INST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings INST DRKE
Overall 23-13 27-8
Conference 13-7 15-5
Home 11-4 14-1
Away 7-6 6-6
Neutral 5-3 7-1
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.6 73.3
Avg Pts Against 69.7 64.4
Massey 2.5 (#127) 5.4 (#78)
Bradley-Terry 0.14 (#169) 3.14 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#151) 4.52 (#14)
RPI 0.479 (#209) 0.648 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors INST DRKE
FG% 48.6% 47.7%
3PT% 34.9% 35.8%
REB / G 31.5 34.8
OREB / G 7.2 7.8
AST / TO 1.30 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 54.5%
TOV% 16.2% 18.0%
ORB% 22.6% 25.8%
FT Rate 22.3% 28.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 19.6%
DRB% 71.6% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.7% 20.5%

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