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Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 176.5 Over
Money VAN -155 / ALA +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +6 186 Won
Massey VAN -6.8 (-0.8) — —
Massey Totals — 182.5 (+3.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VAN -7.1 (-1.1) 173.0 (+13.0) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VAN -8.5 (-2.5) 173.9 (+12.1) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -9.0 (-3.0) 171.6 (+14.4) 77% ✓
Baseline ML VAN -7.6 (-1.6) 175.9 (+10.1) 74% ✓

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 22, 2025 ALA 103 – 87 VAN
Jan 6, 2024 ALA 78 – 75 VAN
Feb 1, 2023 ALA 101 – 44 VAN
Jan 18, 2023 ALA 78 – 66 VAN
Mar 11, 2022 VAN 82 – 76 ALA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN ALA
Overall 27-9 25-10
Conference 11-7 13-5
Home 13-3 12-3
Away 8-4 7-3
Neutral 6-2 6-4
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 85.7 91.2
Avg Pts Against 75.0 82.7
Massey 23.0 (#7) 19.9 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 5.30 (#5) 3.60 (#14)
W. Bradley-Terry 7.36 (#4) 5.13 (#14)
RPI 0.672 (#6) 0.658 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN ALA
FG% 51.2% 46.8%
3PT% 37.9% 36.1%
REB / G 39.1 42.1
OREB / G 11.0 13.1
AST / TO 1.90 1.74
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.8% 56.5%
TOV% 14.1% 13.3%
ORB% 33.0% 33.6%
FT Rate 27.4% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.9% 47.5%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 14.4%
DRB% 75.0% 66.1%
Opp FT Rate 32.6% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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