Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Summit League · Western Hall · January 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WIU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money WIU -163 / DEN +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total WIU win
Actual WIU +17 165 Won
Massey WIU -2.3 (+14.7) — —
Massey Totals — 150.2 (+14.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WIU -1.9 (+15.1) 146.6 (+18.4) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WIU -1.8 (+15.2) 144.8 (+20.2) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WIU -1.9 (+15.1) 146.8 (+18.2) 60% ✓
Baseline ML WIU -1.3 (+15.7) 147.6 (+17.4) 59% ✓

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 3, 2023 DEN 74 – 44 WIU
Feb 26, 2022 DEN 83 – 77 WIU
Dec 21, 2021 WIU 84 – 80 DEN
Feb 14, 2021 WIU 82 – 75 DEN
Feb 13, 2021 WIU 75 – 69 DEN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WIU DEN
Overall 16-14 15-17
Conference 9-9 6-12
Home 11-4 9-5
Away 5-9 4-11
Neutral 0-1 2-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.9 71.7
Avg Pts Against 73.8 75.3
Massey -6.1 (#284) -4.2 (#250)
Bradley-Terry -0.72 (#249) -0.41 (#222)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.99 (#254) -0.92 (#247)
RPI 0.443 (#279) 0.451 (#269)
Shooting & Four Factors WIU DEN
FG% 43.0% 49.2%
3PT% 29.4% 33.7%
REB / G 32.4 34.8
OREB / G 8.8 9.1
AST / TO 1.26 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.8% 53.3%
TOV% 15.7% 21.4%
ORB% 25.1% 30.2%
FT Rate 28.3% 32.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.6% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 16.3%
DRB% 74.5% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 19.3%

Game Analysis

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