Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Grambling Tigers
87 – 72
FINAL Neutral Conference SWAC
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Bartow Arena (Neutral) · March 8, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread GRAM -9.0 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money GRAM -550 / BCU +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total GRAM win
Actual GRAM +15 159 Won
Massey GRAM -12.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 131.6 (+27.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 88% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GRAM -10.5 (+4.5) 134.5 (+24.5) 84% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GRAM -9.5 (+5.5) 132.5 (+26.5) 83% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GRAM -10.7 (+4.3) 132.3 (+26.7) 84% ✓
Baseline ML GRAM -10.9 (+4.1) 131.8 (+27.2) 85% ✓

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 26, 2026 BCU 76 – 71 GRAM
Jan 10, 2026 BCU 74 – 65 GRAM
Mar 4, 2025 BCU 78 – 71 GRAM
Jan 11, 2025 BCU 65 – 59 GRAM
Mar 15, 2024 GRAM 65 – 53 BCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GRAM BCU
Overall 24-9 12-20
Conference 15-3 8-10
Home 11-1 8-5
Away 9-6 3-13
Neutral 4-2 1-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.5 67.3
Avg Pts Against 63.1 76.6
Massey -1.2 (#195) -13.8 (#354)
Bradley-Terry 0.25 (#148) -1.78 (#329)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.34 (#147) -2.35 (#334)
RPI 0.523 (#133) 0.404 (#344)
Shooting & Four Factors GRAM BCU
FG% 44.8% 40.7%
3PT% 35.2% 35.7%
REB / G 35.1 31.8
OREB / G 10.3 9.7
AST / TO 0.82 0.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 46.7%
TOV% 21.5% 18.5%
ORB% 30.9% 26.5%
FT Rate 26.2% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.9% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 21.4% 19.3%
DRB% 69.4% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 25.9%

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