They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Ohio Valley Conference · Simmons Bank Arena · December 30, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UTM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money LR +100 / UTM +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total LR win
Actual LR +14 162 Won
Massey UTM -0.1 (+14.1) — —
Massey Totals — 161.4 (+0.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 29% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 21% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UTM -0.5 (+14.5) 156.4 (+5.6) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LR -1.0 (+13.0) 156.8 (+5.2) 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTM -1.1 (+15.1) 156.7 (+5.3) 44% ✗
Baseline ML UTM -0.1 (+14.1) 155.8 (+6.2) 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 20, 2026 LR 67 – 65 UTM
Feb 4, 2026 UTM 55 – 52 LR
Mar 7, 2025 LR 82 – 77 UTM
Feb 1, 2025 LR 75 – 57 UTM
Jan 3, 2025 LR 57 – 56 UTM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LR UTM
Overall 10-21 19-14
Conference 6-12 10-8
Home 8-5 14-2
Away 2-16 4-11
Neutral 0-0 1-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.3 76.4
Avg Pts Against 80.9 77.1
Massey -9.5 (#326) -4.8 (#257)
Bradley-Terry -2.15 (#332) -0.37 (#213)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.03 (#337) -0.71 (#230)
RPI 0.379 (#346) 0.464 (#240)
Shooting & Four Factors LR UTM
FG% 41.9% 43.4%
3PT% 30.0% 35.1%
REB / G 33.5 35.9
OREB / G 11.2 10.9
AST / TO 0.93 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.2% 49.9%
TOV% 18.9% 18.4%
ORB% 30.0% 29.4%
FT Rate 23.4% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.8% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 18.9%
DRB% 64.3% 65.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.8% 24.1%

Game Analysis

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