So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Fari! "By the RIvers of Babylon"-The Melodians
VMI Keydets
110 – 103
FINAL Conference
The Citadel Bulldogs
Southern Conference · Cameron Hall · January 16, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VMI -3.5 Home covered
O/U 171.5 Over
Money VMI -163 / CIT +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total VMI win
Actual VMI +7 213 Won
Massey VMI -2.2 (+4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 172.8 (+40.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 18% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VMI -1.9 (+5.1) 159.8 (+53.2) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VMI -2.7 (+4.3) 167.9 (+45.1) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VMI -2.5 (+4.5) 165.4 (+47.6) 61% ✓
Baseline ML VMI -1.6 (+5.4) 165.5 (+47.5) 65% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 30, 2026 CIT 80 – 56 VMI
Jan 18, 2026 CIT 82 – 68 VMI
Mar 8, 2025 VMI 73 – 62 CIT
Feb 8, 2025 VMI 82 – 70 CIT
Jan 18, 2025 VMI 75 – 70 CIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VMI CIT
Overall 13-12 13-12
Conference 7-7 5-11
Home 11-1 11-3
Away 1-10 1-8
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.5 77.7
Avg Pts Against 77.1 82.3
Massey -0.9 (#177) -0.3 (#163)
Bradley-Terry -0.78 (#229) 0.94 (#106)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.96 (#222) 1.15 (#113)
RPI 0.435 (#254) 0.531 (#120)
Shooting & Four Factors VMI CIT
FG% 43.9% 47.8%
3PT% 37.3% 39.4%
REB / G 35.7 34.2
OREB / G 7.7 8.0
AST / TO 0.96 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 58.0%
TOV% 19.5% 17.7%
ORB% 22.4% 23.1%
FT Rate 23.2% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 17.0%
DRB% 73.9% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 18.6% 23.3%

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