Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
American Conference · Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse · January 29, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread USF -8.5 Away covered
O/U 158.5 Over
Money TULN +320 / USF -410
Model Predictions
Spread Total TULN win
Actual USF +14 180 Lost
Massey USF -9.9 (-4.1) — —
Massey Totals — 163.7 (+16.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 37% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 17% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USF -7.3 (-6.7) 152.3 (+27.7) 23% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USF -7.6 (-6.4) 158.5 (+21.5) 24% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USF -8.8 (-5.2) 156.2 (+23.8) 20% ✓
Baseline ML USF -7.5 (-6.5) 154.9 (+25.1) 21% ✓

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 1, 2026 USF 90 – 62 TULN
Jan 11, 2025 TULN 73 – 70 USF
Mar 6, 2024 USF 85 – 72 TULN
Feb 19, 2023 TULN 84 – 66 USF
Feb 16, 2022 TULN 76 – 57 USF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TULN USF
Overall 18-15 25-9
Conference 8-10 15-3
Home 10-8 13-2
Away 6-4 9-3
Neutral 2-3 3-4
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 86.8
Avg Pts Against 75.7 76.5
Massey -3.0 (#210) 10.1 (#60)
Bradley-Terry 0.03 (#165) 1.15 (#81)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.36 (#199) 1.86 (#71)
RPI 0.500 (#179) 0.571 (#63)
Shooting & Four Factors TULN USF
FG% 42.8% 43.5%
3PT% 31.5% 33.6%
REB / G 30.4 43.0
OREB / G 7.7 15.8
AST / TO 1.17 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 51.0%
TOV% 15.0% 15.7%
ORB% 22.7% 37.8%
FT Rate 34.8% 31.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 18.4%
DRB% 65.0% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 30.1%

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