Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
John M. Belk Arena · December 23, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread DAV -6.5 Home covered
O/U 136.0 Over
Money DAV -330 / VAN +270
Model Predictions
Spread Total DAV win
Actual DAV +20 150 Won
Massey DAV -10.5 (+9.5) — —
Massey Totals — 126.9 (+23.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DAV -9.3 (+10.7) 132.6 (+17.4) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DAV -5.3 (+14.7) 131.3 (+18.7) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DAV -8.9 (+11.1) 129.3 (+20.7) 78% ✓
Baseline ML DAV -9.9 (+10.1) 132.1 (+17.9) 78% ✓

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 DAV VAN
Overall 13-9 9-16
Conference 7-4 3-13
Home 7-4 6-7
Away 4-2 2-8
Neutral 2-3 1-1
Last 5 3-2 3-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.4 71.8
Avg Pts Against 64.8 72.4
Massey 5.8 (#85) -0.4 (#162)
Bradley-Terry 0.75 (#113) -0.36 (#188)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.63 (#94) -0.88 (#202)
RPI 0.526 (#128) 0.433 (#244)
Shooting & Four Factors DAV VAN
FG% 46.8% 41.2%
3PT% 37.6% 29.1%
REB / G 34.1 41.8
OREB / G 8.4 13.8
AST / TO 1.18 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.2% 47.9%
TOV% 18.6% 20.5%
ORB% 28.0% 37.4%
FT Rate 23.4% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 22.1%
DRB% 77.6% 79.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 11.1%

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