In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Southeastern Conference · The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss · March 7, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MISS -9.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money MISS -400 / VAN +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total MISS win
Actual MISS +10 102 Won
Massey MISS -7.7 (+2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 135.1 (-33.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MISS -7.2 (+2.8) 135.6 (-33.6) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MISS -6.4 (+3.6) 131.9 (-29.9) 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MISS -6.9 (+3.1) 135.4 (-33.4) 77% ✓
Baseline ML MISS -7.5 (+2.5) 135.6 (-33.6) 77% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 4, 2026 VAN 89 – 86 MISS
Jan 31, 2026 VAN 71 – 68 MISS
Feb 22, 2025 VAN 77 – 72 MISS
Jan 13, 2024 MISS 69 – 56 VAN
Feb 4, 2023 VAN 74 – 71 MISS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MISS VAN
Overall 16-12 9-16
Conference 10-8 3-13
Home 10-4 6-7
Away 5-6 2-8
Neutral 1-2 1-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 68.8 71.8
Avg Pts Against 63.6 72.4
Massey 10.0 (#54) 4.8 (#100)
Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#67) 0.25 (#155)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.93 (#64) 0.83 (#119)
RPI 0.541 (#90) 0.471 (#222)
Shooting & Four Factors MISS VAN
FG% 44.3% 43.5%
3PT% 29.6% 35.5%
REB / G 36.2 34.3
OREB / G 12.0 10.3
AST / TO 0.89 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 51.7%
TOV% 20.4% 20.0%
ORB% 34.4% 29.0%
FT Rate 24.2% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 23.5% 19.6%
DRB% 72.6% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 24.9%

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