But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
New Mexico Lobos
74 – 61
FINAL Neutral Conference Mountain West
Colorado State Rams
Mountain West Conference · Thomas & Mack Center (Neutral) · March 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UNM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money UNM -154 / CSU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual UNM +13 135 Won
Massey UNM -2.0 (+11.0) — —
Massey Totals — 151.5 (-16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 44% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UNM -1.8 (+11.2) 146.9 (-11.9) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNM -2.3 (+10.7) 143.6 (-8.6) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNM -2.0 (+11.0) 146.6 (-11.6) 57% ✓
Baseline ML UNM -2.5 (+10.5) 144.7 (-9.7) 58% ✓

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 5, 2026 CSU 82 – 74 UNM
Jan 7, 2026 UNM 80 – 70 CSU
Feb 6, 2025 UNM 87 – 65 CSU
Dec 28, 2024 UNM 76 – 68 CSU
Feb 22, 2024 UNM 68 – 66 CSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNM CSU
Overall 26-10 25-11
Conference 10-8 10-8
Home 13-3 15-2
Away 5-6 4-7
Neutral 8-1 6-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.8 74.0
Avg Pts Against 71.2 67.9
Massey 14.1 (#21) 12.1 (#41)
Bradley-Terry 2.13 (#29) 2.25 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.58 (#30) 2.84 (#23)
RPI 0.595 (#22) 0.606 (#17)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM CSU
FG% 46.0% 48.8%
3PT% 33.3% 33.7%
REB / G 39.2 32.2
OREB / G 12.8 7.3
AST / TO 1.43 1.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 55.3%
TOV% 14.1% 14.6%
ORB% 33.6% 23.5%
FT Rate 23.8% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 17.0%
DRB% 73.4% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.6% 23.7%

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