Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail. "Love Shack" - The B-52's
Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -13.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money GCU -1000 / TAR +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +26 122 Won
Massey GCU -12.9 (+13.1)
Massey Totals 140.6 (-18.6)
Bradley-Terry 97%
Weighted B-T 98%
Baseline ML GCU -11.8 (+14.2) 139.9 (-17.9) 86%
Baseline Plus ML GCU -12.4 (+13.6) 138.4 (-16.4) 86%
Efficiency Plus ML GCU -11.6 (+14.4) 137.3 (-15.3) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -12.5 (+13.5) 139.3 (-17.3) 87%

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, 2025 GCU 6460 TAR
Jan 19, 2025 GCU 8864 TAR
Feb 23, 2024 TAR 7774 GCU
Jan 29, 2023 TAR 8162 GCU
Jan 16, 2022 GCU 8059 TAR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU TAR
Overall 30-5 25-10
Conference 17-3 16-4
Home 16-0 13-4
Away 8-3 10-5
Neutral 5-2 2-1
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.8 72.6
Avg Pts Against 66.8 70.2
Massey 8.7 (#60) -0.2 (#170)
Bradley-Terry 3.15 (#8) 0.53 (#133)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.65 (#9) 0.57 (#133)
RPI 0.606 (#29) 0.528 (#129)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU TAR
FG% 47.8% 42.8%
3PT% 32.5% 31.1%
REB / G 37.9 32.4
OREB / G 11.7 11.1
AST / TO 0.93 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 47.5%
TOV% 18.0% 18.9%
ORB% 35.7% 32.7%
FT Rate 34.1% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.3% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 20.1%
DRB% 71.8% 65.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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