In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
UCLA Bruins
81 62
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Big Ten Conference · Pauley Pavilion · February 25, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -6.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money UCLA -325 / USC +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual UCLA +19 143 Won
Massey UCLA -6.8 (+12.2)
Massey Totals 154.7 (-11.7)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 71%
Efficiency Plus ML UCLA -7.0 (+12.0) 152.9 (-9.9) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -6.1 (+12.9) 151.0 (-8.0) 73%
Baseline ML UCLA -5.9 (+13.1) 152.5 (-9.5) 74%
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -5.7 (+13.3) 152.6 (-9.6) 70%

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 8, 2026 UCLA 8968 USC
Mar 9, 2025 UCLA 9063 USC
Jan 28, 2025 UCLA 8276 USC
Feb 25, 2024 USC 6256 UCLA
Jan 28, 2024 UCLA 6550 USC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA USC
Overall 24-12 18-14
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 17-1 9-7
Away 4-6 5-6
Neutral 3-5 4-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L8
Avg Pts For 77.1 77.8
Avg Pts Against 71.1 78.4
Massey 13.3 (#42) 9.4 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 2.41 (#35) 2.08 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.83 (#44) 2.51 (#50)
RPI 0.580 (#47) 0.571 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA USC
FG% 46.6% 45.7%
3PT% 37.9% 32.7%
REB / G 32.3 36.3
OREB / G 10.1 11.3
AST / TO 1.65 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 51.2%
TOV% 13.9% 17.5%
ORB% 31.1% 33.3%
FT Rate 27.0% 33.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 17.0%
DRB% 67.3% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 27.4% 27.5%

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