And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big South Conference · Willett Hall · December 31, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread UNCA -5.0 Home covered
O/U 143.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total LONG win
Actual LONG +10 120 Won
Massey UNCA -0.2 (+10.2) — —
Massey Totals — 147.2 (-27.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 16% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML LONG -0.1 (+9.9) 144.7 (-24.7) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNCA -0.1 (+10.1) 141.1 (-21.1) 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LONG -0.4 (+9.6) 146.0 (-26.0) 52% ✓
Baseline ML LONG -0.2 (+9.8) 145.4 (-25.4) 53% ✓

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 6, 2026 UNCA 85 – 82 LONG
Feb 13, 2026 UNCA 79 – 74 LONG
Jan 7, 2026 UNCA 72 – 61 LONG
Feb 22, 2025 UNCA 87 – 82 LONG
Jan 9, 2025 LONG 85 – 76 UNCA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LONG UNCA
Overall 12-17 10-10
Conference 10-10 9-5
Home 8-5 6-4
Away 4-11 4-6
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 66.3 73.4
Avg Pts Against 67.8 72.8
Massey -5.2 (#243) -0.9 (#180)
Bradley-Terry -2.62 (#313) -0.31 (#198)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.57 (#303) -0.19 (#173)
RPI 0.397 (#288) 0.479 (#184)
Shooting & Four Factors LONG UNCA
FG% 46.0% 48.4%
3PT% 33.1% 33.7%
REB / G 32.5 36.1
OREB / G 8.4 10.0
AST / TO 0.74 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 55.5%
TOV% 22.1% 21.5%
ORB% 25.7% 27.5%
FT Rate 20.8% 15.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 18.8%
DRB% 72.3% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 25.8%

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