Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Siegel Center · December 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -30.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money VCU -8000 / NIA +2200
Model Predictions
Spread Total VCU win
Actual VCU +26 142 Won
Massey VCU -32.5 (-6.5)
Massey Totals 140.9 (+1.1)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 100%
Efficiency Plus ML VCU -26.6 (-0.6) 139.5 (+2.5) 91%
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -23.7 (+2.3) 139.6 (+2.4) 91%
Baseline ML VCU -27.9 (-1.9) 140.5 (+1.5) 91%
Baseline Plus ML VCU -26.1 (-0.1) 140.0 (+2.0) 91%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VCU NIA
Overall 28-8 8-22
Conference 15-3 5-15
Home 15-2 6-7
Away 7-3 2-14
Neutral 6-3 0-1
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.8 63.3
Avg Pts Against 71.8 71.7
Massey 12.1 (#41) -15.9 (#355)
Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#73) -2.88 (#342)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.78 (#56) -3.89 (#340)
RPI 0.562 (#77) 0.366 (#349)
Shooting & Four Factors VCU NIA
FG% 44.4% 41.1%
3PT% 35.0% 29.7%
REB / G 39.0 26.7
OREB / G 13.3 6.6
AST / TO 1.17 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.5% 47.1%
TOV% 17.4% 18.9%
ORB% 35.2% 20.2%
FT Rate 33.2% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.3% 55.7%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 18.4%
DRB% 68.5% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.4% 30.5%

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