They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Siegel Center · December 1, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 130.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total VCU win
Actual VCU +5 135 Won
Massey VCU -6.5 (-1.5)
Massey Totals 130.6 (+4.4)
Bradley-Terry 91%
Weighted B-T 97%
Efficiency Plus ML VCU -4.3 (+0.7) 133.9 (+1.1) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -5.0 (-0.0) 133.0 (+2.0) 70%
Baseline ML VCU -5.1 (-0.1) 134.4 (+0.6) 71%
Baseline Plus ML VCU -4.1 (+0.9) 135.3 (-0.3) 71%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 27, 2025 VAN 8974 VCU
Nov 18, 2021 VCU 4837 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VCU VAN
Overall 27-8 22-15
Conference 15-3 11-7
Home 15-3 14-6
Away 8-3 5-6
Neutral 4-2 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.9 71.9
Avg Pts Against 62.9 71.5
Massey 3.2 (#113) 3.1 (#120)
Bradley-Terry 1.04 (#102) 0.02 (#180)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.39 (#70) 0.28 (#167)
RPI 0.546 (#109) 0.527 (#134)
Shooting & Four Factors VCU VAN
FG% 39.5% 43.2%
3PT% 29.0% 33.8%
REB / G 34.0 37.8
OREB / G 9.3 10.3
AST / TO 0.59 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.5% 49.6%
TOV% 24.0% 17.4%
ORB% 27.1% 27.1%
FT Rate 36.2% 15.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.2% 45.9%
Opp TOV% 26.4% 15.6%
DRB% 69.8% 75.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 20.2%

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