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Western Carolina Catamounts
76 80 OT
FINAL Conference
VMI Keydets
Southern Conference · Ramsey Center · February 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VMI -1.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money WCU +105 / VMI -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total WCU win
Actual VMI +4 156 Lost
Massey VMI -5.3 (+1.3)
Massey Totals 144.0 (+12.0)
Bradley-Terry 38%
Weighted B-T 22%
Efficiency Plus ML VMI -3.7 (-0.3) 142.4 (+13.6) 38%
Baseline Tuned ML VMI -5.8 (+1.8) 139.3 (+16.7) 26%
Baseline ML VMI -5.6 (+1.6) 138.4 (+17.6) 24%
Baseline Plus ML VMI -6.7 (+2.7) 140.9 (+15.1) 23%

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 21, 2026 WCU 8162 VMI
Jan 24, 2026 WCU 8858 VMI
Jan 15, 2025 VMI 6650 WCU
Feb 24, 2024 WCU 8451 VMI
Jan 27, 2024 WCU 10277 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WCU VMI
Overall 8-22 15-19
Conference 4-14 7-11
Home 7-7 7-7
Away 1-14 5-10
Neutral 0-1 3-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 67.1 69.1
Avg Pts Against 80.6 75.5
Massey -15.8 (#356) -7.3 (#281)
Bradley-Terry -2.40 (#338) -1.33 (#284)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.20 (#347) -1.27 (#255)
RPI 0.418 (#315) 0.442 (#277)
Shooting & Four Factors WCU VMI
FG% 36.7% 41.6%
3PT% 27.1% 32.4%
REB / G 35.9 31.8
OREB / G 9.9 9.1
AST / TO 0.67 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.3% 49.0%
TOV% 20.6% 18.0%
ORB% 25.7% 26.4%
FT Rate 19.6% 28.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 55.1%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 18.7%
DRB% 70.9% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 25.4% 18.2%

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