Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Metro Conference · Leo D. Mahoney Arena · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread FAIR -1.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money FAIR -125 / NIA +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total FAIR win
Actual FAIR +4 136 Won
Massey FAIR -1.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 142.7 (-6.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FAIR -0.3 (+3.7) 136.2 (-0.2) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAIR -1.6 (+2.4) 133.6 (+2.4) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FAIR -0.6 (+3.4) 135.7 (+0.3) 54% ✓
Baseline ML FAIR -0.2 (+3.8) 135.9 (+0.1) 50% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 23, 2026 FAIR 62 – 61 NIA
Jan 4, 2026 FAIR 83 – 75 NIA
Feb 17, 2024 NIA 65 – 63 FAIR
Jan 13, 2024 NIA 96 – 72 FAIR
Feb 25, 2023 NIA 76 – 68 FAIR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FAIR NIA
Overall 12-20 11-20
Conference 8-12 6-14
Home 8-6 6-7
Away 3-12 3-13
Neutral 1-2 2-0
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.7 67.4
Avg Pts Against 73.5 71.6
Massey -9.9 (#322) -7.7 (#294)
Bradley-Terry -1.20 (#280) -1.13 (#275)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.89 (#302) -1.72 (#291)
RPI 0.445 (#273) 0.439 (#283)
Shooting & Four Factors FAIR NIA
FG% 40.4% 43.0%
3PT% 31.7% 34.6%
REB / G 32.5 31.3
OREB / G 12.2 7.3
AST / TO 1.19 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 50.9%
TOV% 15.9% 18.1%
ORB% 32.0% 22.6%
FT Rate 18.0% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.3% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 16.5%
DRB% 68.3% 74.4%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 22.8%

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