I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
Big West Conference · The Thunderdome · March 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCSB -2.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money UCSB -135 / UCSD +114
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCSB win
Actual UCSD +1 127 Lost
Massey UCSB -1.9 (-2.9)
Massey Totals 144.3 (-17.3)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 54%
Efficiency Plus ML UCSB -1.0 (-2.0) 141.7 (-14.7) 52%
Baseline Tuned ML UCSB -1.0 (-2.0) 141.2 (-14.2) 55%
Baseline ML UCSB -0.2 (-1.2) 143.2 (-16.2) 53%
Baseline Plus ML UCSB -0.5 (-1.5) 144.4 (-17.4) 49%

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 30, 2026 UCSB 6248 UCSD
Mar 15, 2025 UCSD 6951 UCSB
Jan 24, 2025 UCSD 7763 UCSB
Dec 6, 2024 UCSD 8476 UCSB
Feb 16, 2024 UCSD 6146 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCSB UCSD
Overall 18-14 23-11
Conference 11-9 12-8
Home 11-4 10-5
Away 5-8 8-5
Neutral 2-2 5-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 74.5
Avg Pts Against 73.7 70.5
Massey 1.6 (#140) 2.8 (#124)
Bradley-Terry 0.16 (#150) 0.53 (#119)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.28 (#143) 0.68 (#118)
RPI 0.514 (#146) 0.529 (#112)
Shooting & Four Factors UCSB UCSD
FG% 46.7% 45.9%
3PT% 38.1% 33.7%
REB / G 34.0 36.9
OREB / G 10.1 9.2
AST / TO 1.15 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 53.1%
TOV% 18.6% 16.4%
ORB% 31.3% 26.5%
FT Rate 28.8% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 16.6%
DRB% 73.9% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 31.2% 21.2%

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