And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Vanderbilt Commodores
94 98
FINAL Conference
Florida Gators
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread FLA -1.5 Away covered
O/U 164.5 Over
Money VAN +102 / FLA -122
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual FLA +4 192 Lost
Massey VAN -4.5 (-8.5)
Massey Totals 162.8 (+29.2)
Bradley-Terry 87%
Weighted B-T 82%
Efficiency Plus ML VAN -5.5 (-9.5) 163.4 (+28.6) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -5.5 (-9.5) 158.5 (+33.5) 73%
Baseline ML VAN -6.2 (-10.2) 159.0 (+33.0) 70%
Baseline Plus ML VAN -4.9 (-8.9) 160.4 (+31.6) 68%

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 14, 2026 VAN 9174 FLA
Feb 5, 2025 FLA 8675 VAN
Mar 9, 2024 VAN 7978 FLA
Feb 24, 2024 FLA 7764 VAN
Feb 25, 2023 VAN 8872 FLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN FLA
Overall 27-9 27-8
Conference 11-7 16-2
Home 13-3 14-1
Away 8-4 8-2
Neutral 6-2 5-5
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 85.7 87.1
Avg Pts Against 75.0 71.5
Massey 21.3 (#8) 20.1 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 4.22 (#9) 2.87 (#30)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.36 (#11) 4.48 (#16)
RPI 0.668 (#9) 0.626 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN FLA
FG% 49.6% 46.3%
3PT% 36.8% 27.9%
REB / G 38.0 46.7
OREB / G 10.8 17.0
AST / TO 1.84 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.8% 52.0%
TOV% 13.6% 17.3%
ORB% 31.5% 43.7%
FT Rate 29.2% 28.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.0% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 15.7%
DRB% 73.1% 76.5%
Opp FT Rate 32.8% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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