And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
La Salle Explorers
66 – 85
FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Tom Gola Arena · January 8, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -9.5 Away covered
O/U 131.0 Over
Money LAS +330 / VCU -410
Model Predictions
Spread Total LAS win
Actual VCU +19 151 Lost
Massey VCU -9.6 (-9.4) — —
Massey Totals — 120.9 (+30.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 8% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 3% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VCU -6.9 (-12.1) 134.0 (+17.0) 21% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VCU -6.8 (-12.2) 134.6 (+16.4) 22% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -8.0 (-11.0) 130.9 (+20.1) 18% ✓
Baseline ML VCU -8.2 (-10.8) 132.2 (+18.8) 18% ✓

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 11, 2026 VCU 77 – 68 LAS
Feb 5, 2025 VCU 96 – 66 LAS
Jan 13, 2024 VCU 71 – 65 LAS
Dec 31, 2022 VCU 80 – 67 LAS
Jan 30, 2021 VCU 73 – 62 LAS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LAS VCU
Overall 11-19 22-10
Conference 5-13 14-4
Home 8-7 12-4
Away 2-10 9-3
Neutral 1-2 1-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.5 67.1
Avg Pts Against 71.5 62.4
Massey -6.0 (#275) 7.7 (#66)
Bradley-Terry -1.41 (#286) 1.78 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.22 (#304) 2.08 (#58)
RPI 0.398 (#322) 0.586 (#49)
Shooting & Four Factors LAS VCU
FG% 41.3% 42.3%
3PT% 32.8% 29.8%
REB / G 39.4 32.6
OREB / G 12.4 8.6
AST / TO 0.99 0.77
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.8% 47.1%
TOV% 19.4% 23.6%
ORB% 31.6% 26.1%
FT Rate 17.1% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 40.7%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 26.9%
DRB% 73.5% 65.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 23.6%

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