Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Conference USA · Ocean Bank Convocation Center · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WKU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money FIU +170 / WKU -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total FIU win
Actual FIU +19 151 Won
Massey WKU -2.6 (+21.6) — —
Massey Totals — 149.5 (+1.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 9% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WKU -2.9 (+21.9) 145.7 (+5.3) 38% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WKU -4.6 (+23.6) 149.8 (+1.2) 40% ✗
Baseline Plus ML WKU -2.8 (+21.8) 151.0 (-0.0) 43% ✗
Baseline ML WKU -3.0 (+22.0) 145.9 (+5.1) 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

Mar 7, 2026 FIU 92 – 67 WKU
Feb 7, 2026 WKU 80 – 70 FIU
Mar 12, 2025 FIU 64 – 61 WKU
Mar 7, 2025 WKU 76 – 67 FIU
Mar 2, 2024 FIU 85 – 83 WKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FIU WKU
Overall 10-23 17-15
Conference 3-15 8-10
Home 7-8 13-5
Away 1-13 4-9
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.9 73.3
Avg Pts Against 73.0 74.8
Massey -4.2 (#238) 2.6 (#121)
Bradley-Terry -1.77 (#314) 1.32 (#77)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.20 (#306) 1.38 (#94)
RPI 0.393 (#341) 0.558 (#82)
Shooting & Four Factors FIU WKU
FG% 43.9% 43.2%
3PT% 31.1% 33.2%
REB / G 34.2 39.5
OREB / G 10.2 8.8
AST / TO 1.00 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.6% 49.4%
TOV% 18.6% 16.7%
ORB% 28.8% 22.6%
FT Rate 24.7% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 17.5%
DRB% 70.4% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.8% 29.7%

Game Analysis

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