Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Southeastern Conference · Pete Maravich Assembly Center · January 29, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LSU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money LSU -325 / MSST +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual MSST +14 146 Lost
Massey LSU -11.4 (-25.4) — —
Massey Totals — 156.8 (-10.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML LSU -10.8 (-24.8) 149.6 (-3.6) 84% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LSU -9.9 (-23.9) 151.9 (-5.9) 82% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LSU -11.5 (-25.5) 152.8 (-6.8) 85% ✗
Baseline ML LSU -9.9 (-23.9) 150.2 (-4.2) 84% ✗

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 12, 2025 MSST 91 – 62 LSU
Mar 1, 2025 MSST 81 – 69 LSU
Mar 14, 2024 MSST 70 – 60 LSU
Feb 25, 2024 MSST 87 – 67 LSU
Feb 9, 2023 MSST 64 – 53 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LSU MSST
Overall 15-17 13-19
Conference 3-15 5-13
Home 9-8 8-8
Away 3-7 4-6
Neutral 3-2 1-5
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L4 L6
Avg Pts For 81.4 77.6
Avg Pts Against 78.5 81.8
Massey 13.1 (#41) 5.0 (#104)
Bradley-Terry 1.71 (#61) 0.93 (#92)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.63 (#51) 1.39 (#84)
RPI 0.559 (#72) 0.524 (#123)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU MSST
FG% 49.0% 44.0%
3PT% 33.6% 29.8%
REB / G 38.0 40.5
OREB / G 10.9 12.3
AST / TO 1.35 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 49.9%
TOV% 15.7% 15.8%
ORB% 33.9% 31.5%
FT Rate 33.0% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 13.2%
DRB% 70.2% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 23.2%

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