Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Pauley Pavilion · December 23, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -4.5 Away covered
O/U 128.0 Over
Money UCLA -195 / MD +162
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual MD +9 129 Lost
Massey UCLA -3.5 (-12.5)
Massey Totals 125.2 (+3.8)
Bradley-Terry 49%
Weighted B-T 38%
Efficiency Plus ML UCLA -2.1 (-11.1) 133.4 (-4.4) 53%
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -1.6 (-10.6) 133.3 (-4.3) 54%
Baseline ML UCLA -1.2 (-10.2) 132.9 (-3.9) 49%
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -0.9 (-9.9) 132.4 (-3.4) 50%

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 11, 2026 UCLA 6755 MD
Jan 11, 2025 MD 7961 UCLA
Dec 15, 2022 UCLA 8760 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA MD
Overall 16-17 16-17
Conference 10-10 7-13
Home 9-7 11-6
Away 5-6 4-8
Neutral 1-4 1-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.7 69.0
Avg Pts Against 66.0 65.9
Massey 3.7 (#110) 4.6 (#98)
Bradley-Terry -0.95 (#265) 0.03 (#181)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.49 (#276) 0.07 (#179)
RPI 0.441 (#277) 0.486 (#201)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA MD
FG% 42.6% 41.0%
3PT% 31.5% 26.7%
REB / G 34.3 38.1
OREB / G 10.0 13.5
AST / TO 1.01 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 46.4%
TOV% 16.9% 17.1%
ORB% 30.2% 35.4%
FT Rate 29.1% 33.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 21.9%
DRB% 73.7% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 22.8%

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