That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
Gersten Pavilion · December 19, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread LMU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money LMU -120 / UCSB +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total LMU win
Actual LMU +2 118 Won
Massey UCSB -4.0 (+6.0)
Massey Totals 134.4 (-16.4)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 76%
Efficiency Plus ML UCSB -1.5 (+3.5) 136.2 (-18.2) 53%
Baseline Tuned ML UCSB -1.6 (+3.6) 134.7 (-16.7) 43%
Baseline ML UCSB -1.8 (+3.8) 135.5 (-17.5) 45%
Baseline Plus ML LMU -0.5 (+1.5) 135.4 (-17.4) 57%

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, 2025 LMU 7874 UCSB
Dec 16, 2023 UCSB 6859 LMU
Dec 12, 2020 LMU 8176 UCSB
Dec 8, 2020 UCSB 6958 LMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LMU UCSB
Overall 17-15 21-13
Conference 8-10 11-9
Home 11-6 12-5
Away 3-8 7-7
Neutral 3-1 2-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 73.2
Avg Pts Against 72.1 69.4
Massey -4.6 (#246) 3.6 (#107)
Bradley-Terry 0.22 (#158) 0.18 (#159)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.34 (#146) 0.06 (#161)
RPI 0.505 (#158) 0.466 (#238)
Shooting & Four Factors LMU UCSB
FG% 40.2% 48.1%
3PT% 31.0% 37.8%
REB / G 35.5 37.4
OREB / G 9.4 9.7
AST / TO 1.12 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 57.1%
TOV% 15.6% 18.7%
ORB% 24.9% 30.9%
FT Rate 19.5% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 15.9%
DRB% 72.8% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 20.9%

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