He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Vanderbilt Commodores
96 – 71
FINAL Neutral Marriott Bonvoy Battle 4 Atlantis
Saint Mary's Gaels
Imperial Arena (Neutral) · November 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -4.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money VAN -185 / SMC +154
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +25 167 Won
Massey VAN -3.9 (+21.1) — —
Massey Totals — 156.7 (+10.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VAN -2.7 (+22.3) 150.1 (+16.9) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VAN -1.5 (+23.5) 148.7 (+18.3) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -0.9 (+24.1) 150.4 (+16.6) 58% ✓
Baseline ML VAN -1.5 (+23.5) 150.1 (+16.9) 52% ✓

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 21, 2025 SMC 59 – 56 VAN
Nov 24, 2022 SMC 75 – 65 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN SMC
Overall 27-9 27-6
Conference 11-7 16-2
Home 13-3 17-0
Away 8-4 8-2
Neutral 6-2 2-4
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 85.7 76.8
Avg Pts Against 75.0 65.2
Massey 17.6 (#12) 13.7 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 4.07 (#4) 3.44 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.28 (#4) 5.28 (#11)
RPI 0.607 (#46) 0.703 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN SMC
FG% 52.1% 48.6%
3PT% 40.0% 40.4%
REB / G 40.9 41.0
OREB / G 12.0 12.3
AST / TO 1.99 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 61.6% 55.6%
TOV% 13.7% 18.2%
ORB% 35.1% 39.6%
FT Rate 28.5% 35.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 42.0%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 16.2%
DRB% 75.7% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 36.3% 18.6%

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