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California Golden Bears
72 – 75
FINAL Neutral SoCal Challenge
UTEP Miners
Pavilion (Neutral) · November 21, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UTEP -3.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money CAL +138 / UTEP -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total CAL win
Actual UTEP +3 147 Lost
Massey UTEP -5.9 (+2.9) — —
Massey Totals — 148.8 (-1.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 9% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTEP -3.3 (+0.3) 140.5 (+6.5) 38% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTEP -4.0 (+1.0) 144.1 (+2.9) 31% ✓
Baseline ML UTEP -3.9 (+0.9) 146.0 (+1.0) 39% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UTEP -3.3 (+0.3) 143.8 (+3.2) 35% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CAL UTEP
Overall 13-19 18-16
Conference 9-11 7-9
Home 10-6 13-5
Away 3-8 2-9
Neutral 0-5 3-2
Last 5 2-2 2-0
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 68.9
Avg Pts Against 77.0 69.1
Massey -6.6 (#299) -0.6 (#187)
Bradley-Terry -1.69 (#304) 0.60 (#127)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.45 (#301) 0.58 (#152)
RPI 0.368 (#309) 0.535 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors CAL UTEP
FG% 44.1% 54.5%
3PT% 33.7% 28.6%
REB / G 37.2 35.0
OREB / G 12.2 9.5
AST / TO 0.89 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 58.2%
TOV% 17.6% 18.9%
ORB% 36.8% 27.9%
FT Rate 30.9% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.2% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 21.7%
DRB% 78.1% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 31.8%

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