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
VMI Keydets
68 82
FINAL Conference
The Citadel Bulldogs
Southern Conference · Cameron Hall · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VMI -6.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money VMI -258 / CIT +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total VMI win
Actual CIT +14 150 Lost
Massey VMI -5.7 (-19.7)
Massey Totals 144.7 (+5.3)
Bradley-Terry 86%
Weighted B-T 93%
Efficiency Plus ML VMI -6.1 (-20.1) 141.0 (+9.0) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML VMI -5.3 (-19.3) 139.1 (+10.9) 71%
Baseline ML VMI -5.3 (-19.3) 139.9 (+10.1) 75%
Baseline Plus ML VMI -4.8 (-18.8) 140.4 (+9.6) 76%

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 30, 2026 CIT 8056 VMI
Mar 8, 2025 VMI 7362 CIT
Feb 8, 2025 VMI 8270 CIT
Jan 18, 2025 VMI 7570 CIT
Feb 17, 2024 CIT 7651 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VMI CIT
Overall 6-26 11-22
Conference 1-17 7-11
Home 5-9 7-8
Away 1-14 3-12
Neutral 0-3 1-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L17 L1
Avg Pts For 68.5 68.3
Avg Pts Against 83.2 78.9
Massey -13.8 (#346) -16.2 (#355)
Bradley-Terry -2.18 (#337) -3.39 (#357)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.66 (#329) -4.58 (#359)
RPI 0.409 (#329) 0.348 (#361)
Shooting & Four Factors VMI CIT
FG% 38.0% 41.4%
3PT% 29.8% 30.9%
REB / G 32.2 32.1
OREB / G 11.4 10.2
AST / TO 0.94 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.9% 48.5%
TOV% 17.0% 18.4%
ORB% 29.2% 29.0%
FT Rate 23.6% 19.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.3% 57.3%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 13.3%
DRB% 60.2% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 24.9%

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