This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Southeastern Conference · Stegeman Coliseum · February 6, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UGA -5.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money UGA -200 / VAN +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total UGA win
Actual UGA +3 143 Won
Massey UGA -6.3 (-3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 159.2 (-16.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UGA -5.9 (-2.9) 155.1 (-12.1) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UGA -4.1 (-1.1) 148.8 (-5.8) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UGA -5.4 (-2.4) 153.3 (-10.3) 76% ✓
Baseline ML UGA -6.3 (-3.3) 154.7 (-11.7) 73% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 26, 2026 VAN 88 – 80 UGA
Mar 8, 2025 UGA 79 – 68 VAN
Feb 22, 2024 UGA 76 – 64 VAN
Jan 21, 2023 VAN 85 – 82 UGA
Mar 10, 2022 VAN 86 – 51 UGA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UGA VAN
Overall 14-12 9-16
Conference 7-11 3-13
Home 12-5 6-7
Away 2-6 2-8
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 71.8
Avg Pts Against 78.6 72.4
Massey 5.1 (#99) 1.4 (#145)
Bradley-Terry 1.17 (#82) -0.16 (#183)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.41 (#95) 0.25 (#160)
RPI 0.519 (#135) 0.447 (#247)
Shooting & Four Factors UGA VAN
FG% 46.0% 43.3%
3PT% 32.2% 34.4%
REB / G 38.1 35.8
OREB / G 13.3 11.4
AST / TO 0.92 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 51.3%
TOV% 22.0% 20.0%
ORB% 35.9% 31.6%
FT Rate 21.5% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 18.1%
DRB% 65.3% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 23.7%

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