Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Big South Conference · G.B. Hodge Center · December 12, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread WIN -9.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total UPST win
Actual WIN +18 172 Lost
Massey WIN -6.9 (-11.1) — —
Massey Totals — 152.1 (+19.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 5% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WIN -7.0 (-11.0) 148.6 (+23.4) 24% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WIN -6.7 (-11.3) 153.7 (+18.3) 29% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WIN -9.2 (-8.8) 154.4 (+17.6) 22% ✓
Baseline ML WIN -7.8 (-10.2) 150.2 (+21.8) 26% ✓

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, 2026 WIN 68 – 64 UPST
Jan 10, 2026 WIN 71 – 50 UPST
Feb 8, 2025 WIN 105 – 95 UPST
Jan 2, 2025 WIN 95 – 76 UPST
Feb 24, 2024 WIN 83 – 74 UPST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UPST WIN
Overall 5-18 23-2
Conference 5-11 17-1
Home 3-8 11-1
Away 2-10 10-0
Neutral 0-0 2-1
Last 5 0-3 2-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 65.6 78.9
Avg Pts Against 74.1 67.0
Massey -10.7 (#283) 2.6 (#110)
Bradley-Terry -2.29 (#285) 1.96 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.06 (#278) 2.45 (#52)
RPI 0.347 (#276) 0.638 (#35)
Shooting & Four Factors UPST WIN
FG% 39.8% 46.2%
3PT% 39.1% 29.7%
REB / G 32.7 34.0
OREB / G 10.0 8.0
AST / TO 0.81 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.7% 50.8%
TOV% 22.8% 17.0%
ORB% 25.2% 21.3%
FT Rate 22.7% 28.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.0% 47.2%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 24.3%
DRB% 66.7% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 30.2% 19.2%

Game Analysis

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