What have I done? "Police On My Back" - The Clash
California Golden Bears
83 77 OT
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · Haas Pavilion · February 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CAL -2.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money CAL -167 / USC +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total CAL win
Actual CAL +6 160 Won
Massey CAL -0.8 (+5.2)
Massey Totals 153.3 (+6.7)
Bradley-Terry 61%
Weighted B-T 66%
Baseline Plus ML CAL -1.5 (+4.5) 149.3 (+10.7) 61%
Baseline ML CAL -1.6 (+4.4) 147.9 (+12.1) 59%
Baseline Tuned ML CAL -2.0 (+4.0) 147.7 (+12.3) 60%
Efficiency Plus ML CAL -0.3 (+5.7) 149.0 (+11.0) 54%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 18, 2024 CAL 7166 USC
Jan 4, 2024 USC 8274 CAL
Feb 17, 2023 USC 9760 CAL
Dec 1, 2022 USC 6651 CAL
Jan 30, 2022 USC 7972 CAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CAL USC
Overall 13-19 15-18
Conference 9-11 8-12
Home 10-6 9-6
Away 3-8 3-9
Neutral 0-5 3-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 74.1
Avg Pts Against 77.0 74.3
Massey 3.6 (#116) 6.2 (#92)
Bradley-Terry 0.22 (#152) 0.39 (#142)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.72 (#127) 0.73 (#125)
RPI 0.500 (#174) 0.516 (#145)
Shooting & Four Factors CAL USC
FG% 43.0% 44.7%
3PT% 34.1% 35.2%
REB / G 37.3 36.5
OREB / G 10.8 11.5
AST / TO 1.05 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 51.5%
TOV% 16.3% 19.1%
ORB% 29.2% 32.3%
FT Rate 22.2% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 18.0%
DRB% 74.2% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 22.9%

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