Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money VAN -165 / TEX +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +8 164 Won
Massey VAN -0.1 (+7.9)
Massey Totals 153.0 (+11.0)
Bradley-Terry 71%
Weighted B-T 64%
Efficiency Plus ML VAN -0.9 (+7.1) 146.6 (+17.4) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -1.9 (+6.1) 150.2 (+13.8) 60%
Baseline ML VAN -1.8 (+6.2) 149.3 (+14.7) 63%
Baseline Plus ML VAN -1.9 (+6.1) 150.4 (+13.6) 61%

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 15, 2026 TEX 8064 VAN
Mar 12, 2025 TEX 7972 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN TEX
Overall 20-13 19-16
Conference 8-10 6-12
Home 14-3 11-7
Away 3-7 4-6
Neutral 3-3 4-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L4 L2
Avg Pts For 78.9 78.5
Avg Pts Against 74.3 72.6
Massey 12.3 (#45) 15.3 (#28)
Bradley-Terry 2.70 (#29) 2.38 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.94 (#42) 2.99 (#36)
RPI 0.583 (#46) 0.556 (#76)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN TEX
FG% 46.2% 47.5%
3PT% 32.9% 36.7%
REB / G 34.6 35.7
OREB / G 11.5 9.8
AST / TO 1.44 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 54.1%
TOV% 14.4% 14.1%
ORB% 31.6% 29.8%
FT Rate 24.0% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 17.6%
DRB% 70.3% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 22.8%

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