Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
UCLA Bruins
77 – 73
FINAL Conference
Washington Huskies
Big Ten Conference · Pauley Pavilion · February 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -4.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money UCLA -230 / WASH +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual UCLA +4 150 Won
Massey UCLA -3.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 146.6 (+3.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -4.6 (-0.6) 143.7 (+6.3) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCLA -4.5 (-0.5) 141.2 (+8.8) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -5.1 (-1.1) 142.2 (+7.8) 74% ✓
Baseline ML UCLA -5.1 (-1.1) 143.1 (+6.9) 79% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 4, 2025 UCLA 82 – 80 WASH
Jan 25, 2025 UCLA 65 – 60 WASH
Dec 4, 2024 UCLA 69 – 58 WASH
Mar 1, 2024 WASH 94 – 77 UCLA
Jan 15, 2024 UCLA 73 – 61 WASH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA WASH
Overall 24-12 16-17
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 17-1 10-6
Away 4-6 4-9
Neutral 3-5 2-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 77.1
Avg Pts Against 71.1 73.6
Massey 13.7 (#41) 12.8 (#44)
Bradley-Terry 2.18 (#45) 1.58 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.72 (#49) 2.27 (#58)
RPI 0.567 (#62) 0.559 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA WASH
FG% 47.5% 45.4%
3PT% 38.3% 32.2%
REB / G 33.0 38.0
OREB / G 10.0 12.3
AST / TO 1.70 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.0% 50.8%
TOV% 14.0% 15.3%
ORB% 31.2% 35.2%
FT Rate 27.8% 24.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 14.7%
DRB% 68.3% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.4% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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