The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
New Mexico Lobos
74 82
FINAL Conference
Colorado State Rams
Mountain West Conference · The Pit · March 5, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UNM -8.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money UNM -410 / CSU +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual CSU +8 156 Lost
Massey UNM -8.5 (-16.5)
Massey Totals 148.1 (+7.9)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 83%
Efficiency Plus ML UNM -9.6 (-17.6) 144.5 (+11.5) 78%
Baseline Tuned ML UNM -9.6 (-17.6) 145.6 (+10.4) 80%
Baseline ML UNM -8.4 (-16.4) 147.1 (+8.9) 78%
Baseline Plus ML UNM -9.0 (-17.0) 145.8 (+10.2) 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

Jan 7, 2026 UNM 8070 CSU
Feb 6, 2025 UNM 8765 CSU
Dec 28, 2024 UNM 7668 CSU
Mar 16, 2024 UNM 7461 CSU
Feb 22, 2024 UNM 6866 CSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNM CSU
Overall 26-11 21-13
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 17-3 12-6
Away 7-5 6-5
Neutral 2-3 3-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.8 74.8
Avg Pts Against 71.6 71.6
Massey 12.0 (#46) 6.6 (#90)
Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#45) 1.19 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#48) 1.60 (#79)
RPI 0.584 (#42) 0.545 (#82)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM CSU
FG% 46.0% 49.1%
3PT% 36.2% 39.5%
REB / G 35.9 32.4
OREB / G 10.1 8.8
AST / TO 1.31 1.33
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 58.7%
TOV% 15.3% 18.3%
ORB% 29.1% 31.0%
FT Rate 26.9% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 53.2%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 14.8%
DRB% 72.4% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 23.0%

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