Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · January 31, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SC -4.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money VAN +188 / SC -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +12 174 Won
Massey SC -3.1 (+15.1) — —
Massey Totals — 152.8 (+21.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 24% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 21% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SC -2.4 (+14.4) 150.1 (+23.9) 41% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SC -1.4 (+13.4) 147.3 (+26.7) 45% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SC -2.2 (+14.2) 150.7 (+23.3) 40% ✗
Baseline ML SC -2.8 (+14.8) 151.3 (+22.7) 45% ✗

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 3, 2026 VAN 83 – 71 SC
Jan 15, 2025 VAN 66 – 63 SC
Feb 10, 2024 SC 75 – 60 VAN
Feb 14, 2023 VAN 75 – 64 SC
Jan 4, 2023 VAN 84 – 79 SC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN SC
Overall 9-16 6-15
Conference 3-13 4-12
Home 6-7 3-6
Away 2-8 2-7
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 71.8 72.5
Avg Pts Against 72.4 79.1
Massey 0.4 (#155) 6.1 (#90)
Bradley-Terry -0.55 (#207) 1.05 (#95)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.37 (#197) 1.45 (#91)
RPI 0.441 (#260) 0.547 (#94)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN SC
FG% 42.8% 42.5%
3PT% 33.9% 32.7%
REB / G 35.7 38.1
OREB / G 11.3 15.0
AST / TO 0.95 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 48.5%
TOV% 20.0% 20.8%
ORB% 31.3% 37.3%
FT Rate 22.5% 18.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 22.5%
DRB% 73.9% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 30.5%

Game Analysis

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