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Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · February 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -3.5 Away covered
O/U 134.5 Over
Money VAN -188 / MISS +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +3 145 Won
Massey VAN -3.3 (-0.3) — —
Massey Totals — 136.6 (+8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VAN -3.1 (-0.1) 138.6 (+6.4) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VAN -4.0 (-1.0) 136.1 (+8.9) 72% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -3.1 (-0.1) 140.4 (+4.6) 67% ✓
Baseline ML VAN -2.7 (+0.3) 140.6 (+4.4) 65% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 4, 2026 VAN 89 – 86 MISS
Jan 31, 2026 VAN 71 – 68 MISS
Feb 22, 2025 VAN 77 – 72 MISS
Jan 13, 2024 MISS 69 – 56 VAN
Mar 5, 2022 VAN 63 – 61 MISS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN MISS
Overall 22-15 12-21
Conference 11-7 3-15
Home 14-6 7-10
Away 5-6 2-9
Neutral 3-3 3-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.9 67.5
Avg Pts Against 71.5 69.1
Massey 3.7 (#111) 3.9 (#107)
Bradley-Terry 0.86 (#96) 0.36 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#106) 0.77 (#118)
RPI 0.553 (#83) 0.529 (#124)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN MISS
FG% 41.6% 42.8%
3PT% 32.1% 29.8%
REB / G 36.6 36.4
OREB / G 11.8 12.0
AST / TO 1.00 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 47.9%
TOV% 17.2% 19.3%
ORB% 31.7% 34.0%
FT Rate 21.7% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 18.3%
DRB% 71.1% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 21.5%

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