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Washington State Cougars
66 – 67
FINAL Conference
UCLA Bruins
Pac-12 Conference · Beasley Coliseum · December 31, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -8.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money WSU +310 / UCLA -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total WSU win
Actual UCLA +1 133 Lost
Massey UCLA -7.8 (+6.8) — —
Massey Totals — 135.7 (-2.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 11% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -7.7 (+6.7) 135.7 (-2.7) 22% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCLA -5.7 (+4.7) 131.4 (+1.6) 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -6.7 (+5.7) 133.6 (-0.6) 20% ✓
Baseline ML UCLA -7.8 (+6.8) 134.9 (-1.9) 21% ✓

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 3, 2024 WSU 77 – 65 UCLA
Feb 5, 2023 UCLA 76 – 52 WSU
Mar 11, 2022 UCLA 75 – 65 WSU
Feb 18, 2022 UCLA 76 – 56 WSU
Feb 12, 2021 WSU 81 – 73 UCLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WSU UCLA
Overall 17-17 31-6
Conference 11-9 18-2
Home 10-4 17-0
Away 4-8 9-2
Neutral 3-5 5-4
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 74.1
Avg Pts Against 65.7 60.7
Massey 6.8 (#75) 19.3 (#4)
Bradley-Terry -0.17 (#189) 2.44 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.26 (#157) 3.40 (#19)
RPI 0.504 (#168) 0.617 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors WSU UCLA
FG% 43.7% 50.0%
3PT% 35.2% 37.0%
REB / G 35.0 35.4
OREB / G 11.2 10.9
AST / TO 0.82 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 54.8%
TOV% 21.0% 14.4%
ORB% 33.7% 32.9%
FT Rate 21.4% 15.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 25.5%
DRB% 76.5% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 15.6%

Game Analysis

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