They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · November 15, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -7.5 Home covered
O/U 131.0 Over
Money VAN -320 / TXST +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +19 139 Won
Massey VAN -5.1 (+13.9) — —
Massey Totals — 149.4 (-10.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -5.1 (+13.9) 147.2 (-8.2) 65% ✓
Baseline ML VAN -7.7 (+11.3) 146.0 (-7.0) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VAN -4.5 (+14.5) 141.8 (-2.8) 79% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN TXST
Overall 19-17 21-8
Conference 7-11 12-3
Home 11-8 12-1
Away 5-8 7-6
Neutral 3-1 2-1
Last 5 1-0 1-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 70.8 68.3
Avg Pts Against 67.8 65.3
Massey 1.7 (#128) 7.3 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 0.12 (#158) 1.10 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.07 (#167) 1.49 (#59)
RPI 0.250 (#266) 0.487 (#201)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN TXST
FG% 45.3% 50.0%
3PT% 28.6% 34.4%
REB / G 38.0 26.5
OREB / G 17.0 8.5
AST / TO 1.13 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 55.2%
TOV% 19.3% 20.2%
ORB% 43.6% 31.5%
FT Rate 39.1% 16.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.8% 57.2%
Opp TOV% 30.7% 25.7%
DRB% 77.8% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 30.9%

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