Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Conference USA · Murphy Center · January 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -1.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money MTSU -111 / UAB -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTSU win
Actual MTSU +1 147 Won
Massey UAB -2.4 (+3.4) — —
Massey Totals — 155.3 (-8.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 56% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 45% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UAB -1.9 (+2.9) 153.8 (-6.8) 44% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UAB -2.4 (+3.4) 147.1 (-0.1) 46% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -1.5 (+2.5) 150.4 (-3.4) 45% ✗
Baseline ML UAB -1.9 (+2.9) 152.4 (-5.4) 46% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 2, 2025 MTSU 76 – 61 UAB
Dec 1, 2024 MTSU 76 – 69 UAB
Nov 22, 2023 UAB 58 – 57 MTSU
Feb 11, 2023 UAB 92 – 69 MTSU
Mar 11, 2022 UAB 102 – 98 MTSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTSU UAB
Overall 19-14 29-10
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 12-2 17-2
Away 3-11 7-5
Neutral 4-1 5-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.8 80.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 70.7
Massey 2.6 (#128) 8.9 (#59)
Bradley-Terry 0.54 (#122) 0.95 (#92)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#132) 1.48 (#81)
RPI 0.549 (#95) 0.551 (#92)
Shooting & Four Factors MTSU UAB
FG% 45.6% 45.7%
3PT% 32.6% 36.4%
REB / G 32.2 41.3
OREB / G 10.3 14.2
AST / TO 0.84 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 51.6%
TOV% 19.2% 17.8%
ORB% 31.5% 37.2%
FT Rate 21.0% 29.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 20.6%
DRB% 74.1% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 28.2% 23.6%

Game Analysis

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