Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Colorado Buffaloes
68 58
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · CU Events Center · January 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -11.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money COLO -1000 / USC +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual COLO +10 126 Won
Massey COLO -8.5 (+1.5)
Massey Totals 157.2 (-31.2)
Bradley-Terry 83%
Weighted B-T 87%
Efficiency Plus ML COLO -7.4 (+2.6) 150.4 (-24.4) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -7.3 (+2.7) 151.6 (-25.6) 77%
Baseline ML COLO -7.1 (+2.9) 151.0 (-25.0) 77%
Baseline Plus ML COLO -6.9 (+3.1) 153.9 (-27.9) 76%

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 18, 2024 COLO 9289 USC
Feb 24, 2023 USC 8465 COLO
Jan 13, 2023 USC 6861 COLO
Jan 21, 2022 USC 6158 COLO
Mar 13, 2021 COLO 7270 USC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO USC
Overall 26-11 15-18
Conference 13-7 8-12
Home 16-1 9-6
Away 4-7 3-9
Neutral 6-3 3-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.3 74.1
Avg Pts Against 71.7 74.3
Massey 10.9 (#45) 6.4 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 1.46 (#72) 0.62 (#122)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.07 (#63) 0.96 (#114)
RPI 0.589 (#51) 0.534 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO USC
FG% 50.5% 45.6%
3PT% 39.6% 36.4%
REB / G 37.8 35.9
OREB / G 10.5 10.9
AST / TO 1.23 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 52.9%
TOV% 19.7% 18.3%
ORB% 33.7% 30.8%
FT Rate 28.3% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.0%
DRB% 75.8% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 22.7%

Game Analysis

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