And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
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%
Efficiency Plus ML ARIZ -8.7 (+6.3) 151.5 (-4.5) 82%
Baseline Tuned ML ARIZ -7.5 (+7.5) 152.9 (-5.9) 77%
Baseline ML ARIZ -7.6 (+7.4) 151.6 (-4.6) 77%
Baseline Plus ML ARIZ -8.0 (+7.0) 151.9 (-4.9) 78%

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 7049 USC
Mar 10, 2024 USC 7865 ARIZ
Jan 18, 2024 ARIZ 8267 USC
Mar 3, 2023 ARIZ 8781 USC
Mar 2, 2022 ARIZ 9171 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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