The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Sun Belt Conference · The HTC Center · January 9, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CCU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money CCU -192 / ODU +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total CCU win
Actual ODU +4 136 Lost
Massey CCU -3.4 (-7.4) — —
Massey Totals — 147.4 (-11.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 88% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CCU -3.7 (-7.7) 145.5 (-9.5) 63% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CCU -1.6 (-5.6) 145.1 (-9.1) 56% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CCU -3.2 (-7.2) 141.3 (-5.3) 63% ✗
Baseline ML CCU -3.3 (-7.3) 142.4 (-6.4) 61% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 20, 2025 CCU 76 – 74 ODU
Mar 1, 2025 ODU 61 – 59 CCU
Jan 26, 2025 ODU 74 – 52 CCU
Feb 25, 2024 ODU 75 – 59 CCU
Jan 13, 2024 CCU 79 – 75 ODU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CCU ODU
Overall 19-13 12-21
Conference 11-7 7-11
Home 8-5 7-6
Away 10-7 4-14
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.8 75.7
Avg Pts Against 73.5 78.7
Massey -6.5 (#265) -6.1 (#258)
Bradley-Terry -0.64 (#234) -2.01 (#320)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.12 (#243) -2.48 (#313)
RPI 0.461 (#245) 0.431 (#285)
Shooting & Four Factors CCU ODU
FG% 38.9% 41.9%
3PT% 31.4% 33.8%
REB / G 39.3 34.3
OREB / G 10.5 9.4
AST / TO 0.99 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.2% 48.4%
TOV% 14.2% 16.0%
ORB% 25.9% 25.5%
FT Rate 21.8% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 13.6% 13.7%
DRB% 73.6% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 29.5% 31.0%

Game Analysis

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