In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Vanderbilt Commodores
72 – 91
FINAL Conference
Florida Gators
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · December 31, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread FLA -7.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money VAN +270 / FLA -330
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual FLA +19 163 Lost
Massey FLA -8.6 (-10.4) — —
Massey Totals — 138.7 (+24.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 20% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 8% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FLA -4.2 (-14.8) 139.3 (+23.7) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FLA -4.3 (-14.7) 140.1 (+22.9) 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FLA -5.1 (-13.9) 142.3 (+20.7) 29% ✓
Baseline ML FLA -5.3 (-13.7) 141.3 (+21.7) 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

Mar 14, 2026 VAN 91 – 74 FLA
Jan 17, 2026 FLA 98 – 94 VAN
Feb 5, 2025 FLA 86 – 75 VAN
Mar 9, 2024 VAN 79 – 78 FLA
Feb 24, 2024 FLA 77 – 64 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN FLA
Overall 9-16 15-10
Conference 3-13 9-7
Home 6-7 6-3
Away 2-8 5-5
Neutral 1-1 4-2
Last 5 3-2 3-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.8 74.2
Avg Pts Against 72.4 70.3
Massey -0.1 (#160) 12.6 (#27)
Bradley-Terry -0.16 (#180) 1.85 (#54)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.41 (#186) 2.79 (#58)
RPI 0.442 (#232) 0.629 (#26)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN FLA
FG% 43.5% 48.1%
3PT% 32.6% 38.5%
REB / G 38.8 36.8
OREB / G 12.0 9.5
AST / TO 1.02 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 54.5%
TOV% 20.2% 20.6%
ORB% 33.6% 28.8%
FT Rate 20.9% 29.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 25.3%
DRB% 72.9% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 16.7% 31.8%

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