Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
UTEP Miners
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FINAL WAC/CUSA Challenge
Tarleton State Texans
Don Haskins Center · December 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UTEP -14.5 Away covered
O/U 130.5 Under
Money UTEP -1800 / TAR +900
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual UTEP +5 129 Won
Massey UTEP -23.4 (-18.4)
Massey Totals 131.3 (-2.3)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 98%
Baseline Plus ML UTEP -18.7 (-13.7) 130.6 (-1.6) 91%
Baseline ML UTEP -19.1 (-14.1) 132.3 (-3.3) 91%
Baseline Tuned ML UTEP -17.8 (-12.8) 133.9 (-4.9) 91%
Efficiency Plus ML UTEP -14.4 (-9.4) 131.1 (-2.1) 90%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTEP TAR
Overall 18-15 12-20
Conference 7-11 7-9
Home 11-5 10-3
Away 4-8 1-14
Neutral 3-2 1-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 71.1 60.2
Avg Pts Against 72.1 70.2
Massey 4.1 (#103) -15.0 (#354)
Bradley-Terry 0.31 (#143) -1.54 (#300)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.11 (#157) -2.86 (#328)
RPI 0.506 (#158) 0.466 (#238)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP TAR
FG% 44.2% 40.5%
3PT% 38.8% 38.3%
REB / G 28.4 28.1
OREB / G 8.7 8.6
AST / TO 0.94 0.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 45.2%
TOV% 18.6% 30.3%
ORB% 25.8% 27.6%
FT Rate 26.7% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 55.7%
Opp TOV% 26.7% 21.2%
DRB% 64.5% 60.5%
Opp FT Rate 40.4% 29.6%

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