In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Dayton Flyers
84 – 72
FINAL Neutral Conference Atlantic 10
Rhode Island Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Siegel Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DAY -3.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money DAY -150 / URI +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total DAY win
Actual DAY +12 156 Won
Massey DAY -0.5 (+11.5) — —
Massey Totals — 139.7 (+16.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 68% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DAY -0.6 (+11.4) 141.6 (+14.4) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DAY -0.6 (+11.4) 140.3 (+15.7) 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DAY -1.2 (+10.8) 141.9 (+14.1) 53% ✓
Baseline ML DAY -1.1 (+10.9) 142.3 (+13.7) 54% ✓

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 28, 2026 URI 81 – 76 DAY
Feb 27, 2025 DAY 85 – 77 URI
Jan 20, 2024 DAY 96 – 62 URI
Jan 26, 2023 URI 75 – 70 DAY
Feb 15, 2022 DAY 63 – 57 URI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DAY URI
Overall 14-10 10-15
Conference 9-7 7-10
Home 8-3 6-3
Away 4-6 2-9
Neutral 2-1 2-3
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 69.8 71.4
Avg Pts Against 67.8 71.1
Massey 5.8 (#92) 5.3 (#97)
Bradley-Terry 1.11 (#82) 0.35 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.78 (#72) 0.91 (#112)
RPI 0.541 (#98) 0.489 (#185)
Shooting & Four Factors DAY URI
FG% 47.8% 44.0%
3PT% 36.5% 30.9%
REB / G 33.1 38.8
OREB / G 6.5 10.8
AST / TO 0.94 0.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 48.8%
TOV% 21.4% 19.9%
ORB% 22.6% 30.1%
FT Rate 24.7% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 17.6%
DRB% 70.9% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 16.9% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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