Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Southland Conference · Burton Coliseum · February 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MCN -4.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money MCN -175 / HCU +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total MCN win
Actual MCN +27 143 Won
Massey HCU -0.9 (+27.9) — —
Massey Totals — 158.7 (-15.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 49% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MCN -0.0 (+27.0) 154.2 (-11.2) 48% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MCN -0.2 (+26.8) 152.0 (-9.0) 52% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MCN -1.0 (+26.0) 154.7 (-11.7) 55% ✓
Baseline ML MCN -0.1 (+26.9) 154.8 (-11.8) 52% ✓

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 10, 2026 MCN 73 – 69 HCU
Dec 16, 2025 MCN 78 – 68 HCU
Jan 14, 2025 MCN 75 – 59 HCU
Mar 5, 2024 MCN 87 – 69 HCU
Feb 13, 2024 MCN 105 – 54 HCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MCN HCU
Overall 10-14 6-19
Conference 4-10 4-11
Home 7-5 4-6
Away 3-8 1-12
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 70.1
Avg Pts Against 78.1 81.1
Massey -14.7 (#336) -11.4 (#324)
Bradley-Terry -2.95 (#339) -2.49 (#329)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.10 (#339) -3.08 (#329)
RPI 0.369 (#342) 0.411 (#319)
Shooting & Four Factors MCN HCU
FG% 46.6% 43.1%
3PT% 37.5% 34.3%
REB / G 32.4 33.4
OREB / G 9.0 9.1
AST / TO 0.99 0.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 50.0%
TOV% 22.7% 23.5%
ORB% 27.3% 25.5%
FT Rate 22.4% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.4% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 18.7%
DRB% 71.1% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 21.0%

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