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Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · February 2, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UTU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money UTU -200 / RGV +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual UTU +17 145 Won
Massey UTU -5.9 (+11.1)
Massey Totals 154.6 (-9.6)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 89%
Efficiency Plus ML UTU -5.0 (+12.0) 148.4 (-3.4) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML UTU -4.6 (+12.4) 148.1 (-3.1) 68%
Baseline ML UTU -4.9 (+12.1) 148.0 (-3.0) 64%
Baseline Plus ML UTU -5.5 (+11.5) 149.9 (-4.9) 70%

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, 2024 UTU 7974 RGV
Feb 24, 2023 UTU 8881 RGV
Dec 30, 2022 UTU 8166 RGV
Jan 23, 2022 UTU 8574 RGV
Jan 17, 2021 RGV 7265 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU RGV
Overall 11-20 6-25
Conference 7-13 2-18
Home 6-7 5-9
Away 4-13 1-13
Neutral 0-0 0-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L14
Avg Pts For 70.4 68.2
Avg Pts Against 77.3 80.7
Massey -6.9 (#288) -9.2 (#313)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#248) -1.59 (#316)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.89 (#250) -2.31 (#325)
RPI 0.467 (#236) 0.416 (#316)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU RGV
FG% 43.3% 42.1%
3PT% 34.2% 29.7%
REB / G 34.5 33.7
OREB / G 9.9 10.1
AST / TO 0.79 0.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 46.5%
TOV% 22.2% 20.6%
ORB% 27.8% 26.9%
FT Rate 24.0% 31.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 19.5%
DRB% 67.8% 64.5%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 29.8%

Game Analysis

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