He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Southern Conference · Cameron Hall · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread WCU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money VMI +330 / WCU -425
Model Predictions
Spread Total VMI win
Actual WCU +19 143 Lost
Massey WCU -8.7 (-10.3) — —
Massey Totals — 157.1 (-14.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 19% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 18% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WCU -8.0 (-11.0) 150.3 (-7.3) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WCU -6.9 (-12.1) 150.2 (-7.2) 27% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WCU -8.0 (-11.0) 148.9 (-5.9) 22% ✓
Baseline ML WCU -7.3 (-11.7) 149.9 (-6.9) 25% ✓

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 24, 2026 WCU 88 – 58 VMI
Feb 1, 2025 VMI 80 – 76 WCU
Jan 15, 2025 VMI 66 – 50 WCU
Feb 24, 2024 WCU 84 – 51 VMI
Jan 27, 2024 WCU 102 – 77 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VMI WCU
Overall 6-26 15-16
Conference 1-17 10-8
Home 5-9 10-3
Away 1-14 4-12
Neutral 0-3 1-1
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L17 L1
Avg Pts For 68.5 76.3
Avg Pts Against 83.2 79.0
Massey -17.7 (#358) -6.0 (#263)
Bradley-Terry -2.98 (#355) -1.06 (#265)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.58 (#354) -1.50 (#278)
RPI 0.369 (#359) 0.478 (#228)
Shooting & Four Factors VMI WCU
FG% 39.0% 43.6%
3PT% 31.4% 33.9%
REB / G 30.8 37.3
OREB / G 9.9 13.0
AST / TO 1.06 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.4% 50.5%
TOV% 16.0% 17.2%
ORB% 25.9% 34.4%
FT Rate 22.8% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.0% 55.3%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 14.8%
DRB% 61.8% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.5% 29.5%

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