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Arizona Wildcats
81 – 66
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · McKale Center at ALKEME Arena · January 20, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ARIZ -8.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money ARIZ -400 / USC +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total ARIZ win
Actual ARIZ +15 147 Won
Massey ARIZ -9.6 (+5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 158.6 (-11.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARIZ -7.5 (+7.5) 152.9 (-5.9) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARIZ -8.7 (+6.3) 151.5 (-4.5) 82% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARIZ -8.0 (+7.0) 151.9 (-4.9) 78% ✓
Baseline ML ARIZ -7.6 (+7.4) 151.6 (-4.6) 77% ✓

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 14, 2024 ARIZ 70 – 49 USC
Mar 10, 2024 USC 78 – 65 ARIZ
Jan 18, 2024 ARIZ 82 – 67 USC
Mar 3, 2023 ARIZ 87 – 81 USC
Mar 2, 2022 ARIZ 91 – 71 USC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ARIZ USC
Overall 28-7 22-11
Conference 14-6 14-6
Home 15-2 15-2
Away 6-4 5-5
Neutral 7-1 2-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 81.9 72.5
Avg Pts Against 71.1 67.4
Massey 14.6 (#12) 8.7 (#64)
Bradley-Terry 2.50 (#20) 1.68 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.77 (#29) 1.96 (#61)
RPI 0.622 (#15) 0.582 (#49)
Shooting & Four Factors ARIZ USC
FG% 49.2% 46.0%
3PT% 34.9% 31.9%
REB / G 41.5 35.8
OREB / G 11.3 9.9
AST / TO 1.41 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.9% 50.9%
TOV% 18.9% 19.4%
ORB% 33.6% 29.9%
FT Rate 29.0% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 44.3%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 19.2%
DRB% 73.7% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.0% 20.2%

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