This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Western Athletic Conference · UTRGV Fieldhouse · January 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SFA -9.5 Home covered
O/U 154.0 Over
Money RGV +328 / SFA -430
Model Predictions
Spread Total RGV win
Actual SFA +7 163 Lost
Massey SFA -8.8 (+1.8)
Massey Totals 148.5 (+14.5)
Bradley-Terry 24%
Weighted B-T 5%
Efficiency Plus ML SFA -7.8 (+0.8) 146.3 (+16.7) 27%
Baseline Tuned ML SFA -8.2 (+1.2) 143.2 (+19.8) 20%
Baseline ML SFA -7.3 (+0.3) 143.5 (+19.5) 22%
Baseline Plus ML SFA -7.3 (+0.3) 146.7 (+16.3) 23%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 14, 2026 SFA 6657 RGV
Dec 4, 2025 SFA 7360 RGV
Feb 11, 2025 SFA 8575 RGV
Dec 6, 2024 RGV 6865 SFA
Feb 9, 2024 SFA 9284 RGV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RGV SFA
Overall 6-25 18-15
Conference 2-18 10-10
Home 5-9 10-5
Away 1-13 5-8
Neutral 0-3 3-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L14 L1
Avg Pts For 68.2 72.6
Avg Pts Against 80.7 71.8
Massey -11.1 (#333) 2.2 (#136)
Bradley-Terry -1.98 (#321) 0.07 (#172)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.28 (#337) 0.64 (#136)
RPI 0.424 (#300) 0.484 (#198)
Shooting & Four Factors RGV SFA
FG% 39.9% 43.9%
3PT% 25.6% 32.4%
REB / G 32.7 37.0
OREB / G 10.4 12.1
AST / TO 0.75 0.66
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.5% 49.4%
TOV% 19.8% 24.1%
ORB% 26.8% 34.3%
FT Rate 34.1% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 20.1% 23.5%
DRB% 62.6% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.6% 35.6%

Game Analysis

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