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California Golden Bears
43 – 58
FINAL Conference
Utah Utes
Pac-12 Conference · Haas Pavilion · December 30, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UTAH -9.5 Away covered
O/U 128.5 Under
Money CAL +400 / UTAH -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total CAL win
Actual UTAH +15 101 Lost
Massey UTAH -11.4 (-3.6) — —
Massey Totals — 123.8 (-22.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 4% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UTAH -12.0 (-3.0) 130.3 (-29.3) 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTAH -11.3 (-3.7) 129.8 (-28.8) 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTAH -11.9 (-3.1) 131.5 (-30.5) 15% ✓
Baseline ML UTAH -12.1 (-2.9) 132.2 (-31.2) 17% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 3, 2025 CAL 79 – 72 UTAH
Mar 3, 2024 UTAH 88 – 59 CAL
Feb 5, 2023 UTAH 61 – 46 CAL
Feb 19, 2022 UTAH 60 – 58 CAL
Dec 5, 2021 UTAH 66 – 58 CAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CAL UTAH
Overall 3-29 17-15
Conference 2-18 10-10
Home 3-14 12-6
Away 0-12 4-7
Neutral 0-3 1-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L16 L6
Avg Pts For 58.3 68.7
Avg Pts Against 70.1 63.8
Massey -5.2 (#263) 10.9 (#36)
Bradley-Terry -2.90 (#349) 1.20 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.07 (#338) 1.74 (#76)
RPI 0.415 (#314) 0.538 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors CAL UTAH
FG% 40.6% 46.3%
3PT% 26.5% 37.5%
REB / G 31.5 42.8
OREB / G 8.5 11.5
AST / TO 0.70 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.8% 52.6%
TOV% 21.5% 19.4%
ORB% 26.3% 33.1%
FT Rate 26.4% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 40.4%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 15.8%
DRB% 70.4% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 24.1% 17.6%

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