We need the funk. "Give Up the Funk" - Parliament
Western Athletic Conference · Moody Coliseum (Abilene) · January 20, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UTA -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money ACU +110 / UTA -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total ACU win
Actual ACU +11 145 Won
Massey ACU -0.3 (+10.7)
Massey Totals 154.5 (-9.5)
Bradley-Terry 51%
Weighted B-T 52%
Efficiency Plus ML ACU -0.4 (+10.6) 149.7 (-4.7) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML ACU -0.3 (+10.7) 148.4 (-3.4) 52%
Baseline ML ACU -0.0 (+11.0) 149.4 (-4.4) 54%
Baseline Plus ML ACU -0.8 (+10.2) 150.4 (-5.4) 61%

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, 2026 UTA 6457 ACU
Feb 13, 2026 ACU 6763 UTA
Jan 10, 2026 UTA 8272 ACU
Mar 1, 2025 ACU 7059 UTA
Jan 25, 2025 UTA 7976 ACU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ACU UTA
Overall 16-18 20-14
Conference 10-10 13-7
Home 8-6 12-3
Away 5-10 5-10
Neutral 3-2 3-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.7 76.4
Avg Pts Against 73.7 74.7
Massey -4.3 (#248) -0.9 (#187)
Bradley-Terry -0.83 (#257) -0.16 (#191)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.84 (#240) -0.15 (#188)
RPI 0.463 (#244) 0.499 (#173)
Shooting & Four Factors ACU UTA
FG% 41.8% 43.1%
3PT% 34.0% 34.4%
REB / G 31.6 35.9
OREB / G 9.1 11.2
AST / TO 0.99 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.4% 50.8%
TOV% 17.1% 22.4%
ORB% 24.1% 32.2%
FT Rate 29.8% 29.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 17.1%
DRB% 67.4% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 27.5%

Game Analysis

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