I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 12, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -14.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money GCU -1600 / ACU +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +10 138 Won
Massey GCU -17.6 (-7.6)
Massey Totals 153.4 (-15.4)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 100%
Baseline ML GCU -15.8 (-5.8) 149.8 (-11.8) 88%
Baseline Plus ML GCU -16.6 (-6.6) 152.0 (-14.0) 87%
Efficiency Plus ML GCU -16.1 (-6.1) 150.8 (-12.8) 88%
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -15.1 (-5.1) 149.6 (-11.6) 89%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 8, 2025 ACU 8281 GCU
Jan 17, 2025 GCU 8858 ACU
Feb 24, 2024 ACU 7973 GCU
Feb 18, 2023 GCU 9484 ACU
Jan 27, 2023 GCU 7573 ACU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU ACU
Overall 30-5 16-18
Conference 17-3 10-10
Home 16-0 8-6
Away 8-3 5-10
Neutral 5-2 3-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.8 70.7
Avg Pts Against 66.8 73.7
Massey 9.3 (#56) -4.3 (#245)
Bradley-Terry 3.11 (#7) -0.83 (#253)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.67 (#11) -0.86 (#240)
RPI 0.605 (#33) 0.450 (#263)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU ACU
FG% 47.7% 42.5%
3PT% 32.7% 34.7%
REB / G 38.0 31.8
OREB / G 12.0 9.0
AST / TO 0.92 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 47.4%
TOV% 17.8% 17.5%
ORB% 36.5% 24.0%
FT Rate 33.9% 31.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 20.1% 21.9%
DRB% 71.2% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 31.1%

Game Analysis

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