I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
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% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VAN -4.9 (-8.9) 160.4 (+31.6) 68% ✗
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% ✗

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 91 – 74 FLA
Feb 5, 2025 FLA 86 – 75 VAN
Mar 9, 2024 VAN 79 – 78 FLA
Feb 24, 2024 FLA 77 – 64 VAN
Feb 25, 2023 VAN 88 – 72 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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