The name is Big Daddy, yes big not little. "Ain't No Half Steppin'" - Big Daddy Kane
The Citadel Bulldogs
80 – 56
FINAL Conference
VMI Keydets
Southern Conference · McAlister Field House · January 30, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CIT -2.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money CIT -148 / VMI +124
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIT win
Actual CIT +24 136 Won
Massey CIT -4.6 (+19.4) — —
Massey Totals — 145.9 (-9.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CIT -3.0 (+21.0) 141.2 (-5.2) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CIT -2.7 (+21.3) 144.3 (-8.3) 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CIT -3.6 (+20.4) 141.0 (-5.0) 66% ✓
Baseline ML CIT -3.4 (+20.6) 142.2 (-6.2) 72% ✓

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 18, 2026 CIT 82 – 68 VMI
Mar 8, 2025 VMI 73 – 62 CIT
Feb 8, 2025 VMI 82 – 70 CIT
Jan 18, 2025 VMI 75 – 70 CIT
Feb 17, 2024 CIT 76 – 51 VMI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIT VMI
Overall 11-22 6-26
Conference 7-11 1-17
Home 7-8 5-9
Away 3-12 1-14
Neutral 1-2 0-3
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L17
Avg Pts For 68.3 68.5
Avg Pts Against 78.9 83.2
Massey -14.9 (#350) -16.4 (#353)
Bradley-Terry -2.41 (#345) -2.79 (#352)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.29 (#347) -3.43 (#351)
RPI 0.382 (#353) 0.372 (#355)
Shooting & Four Factors CIT VMI
FG% 41.4% 38.6%
3PT% 31.5% 30.6%
REB / G 32.4 31.4
OREB / G 10.0 10.8
AST / TO 0.98 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.7% 46.7%
TOV% 18.0% 16.5%
ORB% 28.3% 28.0%
FT Rate 21.9% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.8% 55.6%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 17.1%
DRB% 68.4% 60.0%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 26.6%

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