This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big West Conference · LionTree Arena · February 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UCSD -5.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money UCSD -250 / UCSB +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCSD win
Actual UCSD +15 107 Won
Massey UCSD -8.2 (+6.8) — —
Massey Totals — 146.2 (-39.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCSD -7.3 (+7.7) 144.1 (-37.1) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCSD -5.2 (+9.8) 142.4 (-35.4) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCSD -6.8 (+8.2) 145.4 (-38.4) 78% ✓
Baseline ML UCSD -7.2 (+7.8) 146.6 (-39.6) 79% ✓

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 UCSD 64 – 63 UCSB
Jan 30, 2026 UCSB 62 – 48 UCSD
Mar 15, 2025 UCSD 69 – 51 UCSB
Jan 24, 2025 UCSD 77 – 63 UCSB
Dec 6, 2024 UCSD 84 – 76 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCSD UCSB
Overall 21-12 16-15
Conference 15-5 9-11
Home 14-2 9-7
Away 7-7 6-7
Neutral 0-3 1-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.7 73.1
Avg Pts Against 69.9 73.3
Massey 4.4 (#109) -0.5 (#168)
Bradley-Terry 0.30 (#144) -0.23 (#193)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#137) -0.21 (#186)
RPI 0.510 (#152) 0.483 (#203)
Shooting & Four Factors UCSD UCSB
FG% 45.3% 49.1%
3PT% 35.2% 36.8%
REB / G 33.1 35.0
OREB / G 8.9 8.0
AST / TO 1.32 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.8% 54.6%
TOV% 14.0% 19.7%
ORB% 26.5% 26.6%
FT Rate 23.9% 28.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 50.0%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 14.1%
DRB% 70.9% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 20.2%

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