The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Southern Conference · Ramsey Center · February 25, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WCU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money WCU -600 / VMI +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total WCU win
Actual WCU +19 151 Won
Massey WCU -11.7 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 146.2 (+4.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WCU -10.4 (+8.6) 146.6 (+4.4) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WCU -7.7 (+11.3) 146.8 (+4.2) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WCU -10.9 (+8.1) 149.2 (+1.8) 85% ✓
Baseline ML WCU -10.2 (+8.8) 149.5 (+1.5) 86% ✓

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 21, 2026 WCU 81 – 62 VMI
Jan 24, 2026 WCU 88 – 58 VMI
Feb 1, 2025 VMI 80 – 76 WCU
Jan 15, 2025 VMI 66 – 50 WCU
Feb 24, 2024 WCU 84 – 51 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WCU VMI
Overall 18-16 7-25
Conference 10-8 2-16
Home 9-5 6-8
Away 6-9 1-14
Neutral 3-2 0-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 70.5 65.7
Avg Pts Against 72.7 78.4
Massey -4.9 (#254) -13.0 (#350)
Bradley-Terry -0.61 (#234) -2.50 (#357)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.87 (#241) -2.99 (#356)
RPI 0.476 (#228) 0.393 (#353)
Shooting & Four Factors WCU VMI
FG% 41.4% 40.7%
3PT% 32.8% 34.9%
REB / G 34.3 34.3
OREB / G 9.2 10.3
AST / TO 1.06 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 48.2%
TOV% 16.1% 20.3%
ORB% 25.2% 29.2%
FT Rate 24.9% 16.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 56.2%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 14.8%
DRB% 75.0% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 19.9%

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