Hallelujah, here she comes. "Skateaway" - Dire Straits
Siegel Center · December 16, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money VCU -1800 / WCU +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total VCU win
Actual VCU +25 161 Won
Massey VCU -16.5 (+8.5) — —
Massey Totals — 158.0 (+3.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -14.9 (+10.1) 151.9 (+9.1) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VCU -11.7 (+13.3) 152.1 (+8.9) 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VCU -14.7 (+10.3) 153.9 (+7.1) 86% ✓
Baseline ML VCU -14.0 (+11.0) 151.9 (+9.1) 86% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VCU WCU
Overall 19-7 11-16
Conference 10-4 4-13
Home 12-2 6-5
Away 5-3 4-9
Neutral 2-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.0 74.1
Avg Pts Against 62.8 79.5
Massey 12.1 (#24) 1.5 (#130)
Bradley-Terry 1.81 (#50) 1.37 (#73)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.37 (#39) 2.33 (#67)
RPI 0.594 (#49) 0.519 (#124)
Shooting & Four Factors VCU WCU
FG% 46.6% 46.3%
3PT% 34.0% 34.1%
REB / G 35.0 38.4
OREB / G 9.3 10.2
AST / TO 0.89 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 53.1%
TOV% 21.9% 18.9%
ORB% 29.3% 28.0%
FT Rate 29.0% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.5% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 25.2% 18.6%
DRB% 67.7% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 26.5%

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