Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Big West Conference · The Thunderdome · January 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UCSB -1.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money UCSB -125 / LBSU +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCSB win
Actual UCSB +9 161 Won
Massey UCSB -1.7 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 159.8 (+1.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 45% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 46% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UCSB -1.0 (+8.0) 151.8 (+9.2) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCSB -1.0 (+8.0) 152.6 (+8.4) 55% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCSB -0.7 (+8.3) 155.8 (+5.2) 51% ✓
Baseline ML UCSB -0.3 (+8.7) 152.7 (+8.3) 51% ✓

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 25, 2026 UCSB 74 – 71 LBSU
Dec 5, 2025 UCSB 84 – 77 LBSU
Feb 23, 2025 UCSB 58 – 56 LBSU
Feb 2, 2025 UCSB 85 – 54 LBSU
Mar 8, 2024 UCSB 76 – 74 LBSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCSB LBSU
Overall 16-15 21-15
Conference 9-11 10-10
Home 9-7 8-5
Away 6-7 9-7
Neutral 1-1 4-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 73.1 76.2
Avg Pts Against 73.3 76.2
Massey -2.3 (#213) -0.1 (#165)
Bradley-Terry -0.44 (#222) 0.51 (#138)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.57 (#223) 0.42 (#149)
RPI 0.460 (#247) 0.511 (#156)
Shooting & Four Factors UCSB LBSU
FG% 48.8% 45.9%
3PT% 35.9% 29.2%
REB / G 37.2 38.8
OREB / G 8.3 12.2
AST / TO 0.91 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 49.9%
TOV% 20.6% 18.6%
ORB% 26.9% 32.8%
FT Rate 27.2% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 13.0% 19.4%
DRB% 75.2% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 22.8%

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