Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Missouri Valley Conference · Ford Center · January 3, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UNI -5.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money EVAN +200 / UNI -240
Model Predictions
Spread Total EVAN win
Actual EVAN +6 134 Won
Massey UNI -0.7 (+6.7) — —
Massey Totals — 137.5 (-3.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML EVAN -1.5 (+4.5) 135.8 (-1.8) 58% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EVAN -0.7 (+5.3) 134.6 (-0.6) 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML EVAN -1.2 (+4.8) 138.3 (-4.3) 61% ✓
Baseline ML EVAN -1.7 (+4.3) 136.9 (-2.9) 57% ✓

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 UNI 68 – 59 EVAN
Jan 31, 2026 UNI 71 – 55 EVAN
Jan 4, 2026 UNI 62 – 48 EVAN
Jan 15, 2025 UNI 73 – 56 EVAN
Jan 24, 2024 UNI 70 – 63 EVAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EVAN UNI
Overall 9-16 10-15
Conference 7-11 7-11
Home 8-4 6-5
Away 1-10 3-7
Neutral 0-2 1-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 W3
Avg Pts For 64.8 68.3
Avg Pts Against 69.6 72.4
Massey -5.4 (#245) -1.3 (#188)
Bradley-Terry -0.33 (#190) -0.96 (#238)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.67 (#203) -1.04 (#225)
RPI 0.477 (#194) 0.485 (#180)
Shooting & Four Factors EVAN UNI
FG% 41.0% 43.5%
3PT% 38.1% 33.5%
REB / G 29.4 34.1
OREB / G 5.8 7.6
AST / TO 1.01 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 50.0%
TOV% 18.1% 17.6%
ORB% 17.2% 20.6%
FT Rate 25.5% 17.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.9% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 15.9%
DRB% 75.3% 78.5%
Opp FT Rate 25.3% 26.9%

Game Analysis

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