Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
VMI Keydets
82 – 70
FINAL Conference
The Citadel Bulldogs
Southern Conference · Cameron Hall · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VMI -9.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money VMI -650 / CIT +425
Model Predictions
Spread Total VMI win
Actual VMI +12 152 Won
Massey VMI -11.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 137.5 (+14.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 96% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VMI -10.1 (+1.9) 138.8 (+13.2) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VMI -8.4 (+3.6) 142.4 (+9.6) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VMI -10.2 (+1.8) 138.8 (+13.2) 86% ✓
Baseline ML VMI -10.0 (+2.0) 140.2 (+11.8) 86% ✓

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 30, 2026 CIT 80 – 56 VMI
Jan 18, 2026 CIT 82 – 68 VMI
Mar 8, 2025 VMI 73 – 62 CIT
Jan 18, 2025 VMI 75 – 70 CIT
Feb 17, 2024 CIT 76 – 51 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VMI CIT
Overall 15-19 5-25
Conference 7-11 0-18
Home 7-7 5-12
Away 5-10 0-12
Neutral 3-2 0-1
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L24
Avg Pts For 69.1 63.0
Avg Pts Against 75.5 76.9
Massey -7.5 (#286) -16.2 (#358)
Bradley-Terry -1.32 (#284) -3.99 (#361)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.31 (#266) -4.33 (#360)
RPI 0.445 (#273) 0.352 (#361)
Shooting & Four Factors VMI CIT
FG% 40.9% 40.6%
3PT% 32.2% 30.9%
REB / G 32.6 32.2
OREB / G 9.1 9.6
AST / TO 0.97 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 47.9%
TOV% 17.4% 20.9%
ORB% 25.5% 26.4%
FT Rate 27.4% 19.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.3% 54.2%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 15.3%
DRB% 68.2% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 24.8%

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