They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Southeastern Conference · Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · January 31, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -10.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money VAN -650 / MISS +470
Model Predictions
Spread Total VAN win
Actual VAN +3 139 Won
Massey VAN -17.0 (-14.0)
Massey Totals 153.3 (-14.3)
Bradley-Terry 94%
Weighted B-T 97%
Efficiency Plus ML VAN -13.9 (-10.9) 152.9 (-13.9) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML VAN -14.7 (-11.7) 150.4 (-11.4) 87%
Baseline ML VAN -14.5 (-11.5) 150.9 (-11.9) 87%
Baseline Plus ML VAN -14.6 (-11.6) 151.9 (-12.9) 86%

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 4, 2026 VAN 8986 MISS
Feb 22, 2025 VAN 7772 MISS
Jan 13, 2024 MISS 6956 VAN
Feb 4, 2023 VAN 7471 MISS
Mar 5, 2022 VAN 6361 MISS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings VAN MISS
Overall 27-9 15-20
Conference 11-7 4-14
Home 13-3 7-9
Away 8-4 3-7
Neutral 6-2 5-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 85.7 75.9
Avg Pts Against 75.0 76.1
Massey 21.5 (#8) 7.7 (#79)
Bradley-Terry 3.47 (#15) 1.22 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.50 (#16) 1.58 (#81)
RPI 0.647 (#11) 0.530 (#115)
Shooting & Four Factors VAN MISS
FG% 48.9% 44.0%
3PT% 36.4% 34.2%
REB / G 37.0 35.8
OREB / G 10.3 10.9
AST / TO 1.85 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.0% 50.4%
TOV% 13.1% 14.5%
ORB% 30.1% 30.6%
FT Rate 28.5% 24.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 17.7%
DRB% 72.3% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 31.0% 28.3%

Game Analysis

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