Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · January 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -1.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money BALL -120 / EMU +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual EMU +22 126 Lost
Massey EMU -4.4 (-17.6) — —
Massey Totals — 130.0 (-4.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 8% ✓
Baseline Plus ML EMU -4.3 (-17.7) 134.7 (-8.7) 32% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ EMU -3.3 (-18.7) 133.3 (-7.3) 31% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML EMU -4.6 (-17.4) 131.5 (-5.5) 28% ✓
Baseline ML EMU -4.1 (-17.9) 132.7 (-6.7) 29% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 12, 2025 BALL 86 – 84 EMU
Feb 24, 2024 EMU 58 – 56 BALL
Jan 17, 2024 BALL 76 – 62 EMU
Feb 25, 2023 EMU 75 – 68 BALL
Feb 3, 2023 BALL 91 – 90 EMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL EMU
Overall 12-19 10-21
Conference 7-11 4-14
Home 7-7 7-7
Away 4-11 3-14
Neutral 1-1 0-0
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak W4 L4
Avg Pts For 66.1 70.2
Avg Pts Against 71.4 74.4
Massey -10.2 (#315) -1.9 (#194)
Bradley-Terry -2.76 (#344) -0.21 (#194)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.34 (#339) -0.18 (#184)
RPI 0.358 (#358) 0.475 (#215)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL EMU
FG% 39.5% 43.4%
3PT% 30.0% 34.4%
REB / G 31.7 36.3
OREB / G 10.7 10.9
AST / TO 1.11 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.6% 48.5%
TOV% 17.4% 17.4%
ORB% 28.4% 29.7%
FT Rate 21.9% 24.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.4% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 16.7%
DRB% 66.5% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 21.7%

Game Analysis

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