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Massachusetts Minutemen
62 77
FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Mullins Center · February 26, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 142.0 Under
Money MASS +230 / VCU -280
Model Predictions
Spread Total MASS win
Actual VCU +15 139 Lost
Massey VCU -6.7 (-8.3)
Massey Totals 143.3 (-4.3)
Bradley-Terry 18%
Weighted B-T 17%
Baseline ML VCU -5.3 (-9.7) 144.0 (-5.0) 24%
Baseline Plus ML VCU -5.6 (-9.4) 140.3 (-1.3) 25%
Efficiency Plus ML VCU -4.6 (-10.4) 141.4 (-2.4) 26%
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -6.3 (-8.7) 143.5 (-4.5) 23%

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 19, 2025 VCU 8051 MASS
Mar 14, 2024 VCU 7359 MASS
Feb 21, 2024 MASS 7452 VCU
Jan 18, 2023 VCU 8355 MASS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MASS VCU
Overall 15-17 22-10
Conference 7-11 14-4
Home 10-5 12-4
Away 3-8 9-3
Neutral 2-4 1-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.7 67.1
Avg Pts Against 78.1 62.4
Massey -1.3 (#189) 8.2 (#68)
Bradley-Terry -0.08 (#183) 1.93 (#44)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.13 (#188) 1.99 (#60)
RPI 0.496 (#186) 0.592 (#38)
Shooting & Four Factors MASS VCU
FG% 42.9% 45.3%
3PT% 38.8% 35.0%
REB / G 33.0 32.7
OREB / G 9.9 8.6
AST / TO 1.24 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 50.5%
TOV% 16.3% 22.0%
ORB% 27.8% 26.9%
FT Rate 25.0% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.5% 43.7%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 25.3%
DRB% 70.4% 67.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.7% 25.6%

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