The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Santa Clara Broncos
83 – 76
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
West Coast Conference · Leavey Center · January 20, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SCU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money SCU -154 / BYU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total SCU win
Actual SCU +7 159 Won
Massey SCU -3.8 (+3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 144.9 (+14.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SCU -3.4 (+3.6) 144.9 (+14.1) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SCU -3.8 (+3.2) 144.9 (+14.1) 68% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SCU -3.8 (+3.2) 145.4 (+13.6) 69% ✓
Baseline ML SCU -3.9 (+3.1) 144.7 (+14.3) 67% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 17, 2023 SCU 81 – 74 BYU
Jan 28, 2022 SCU 77 – 76 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SCU BYU
Overall 23-10 19-15
Conference 11-5 7-9
Home 14-4 12-4
Away 6-3 2-7
Neutral 3-3 4-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.3 74.1
Avg Pts Against 73.8 70.1
Massey 6.2 (#87) 6.2 (#86)
Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#57) 0.96 (#91)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#57) 1.46 (#81)
RPI 0.580 (#51) 0.536 (#110)
Shooting & Four Factors SCU BYU
FG% 44.1% 43.9%
3PT% 35.6% 31.7%
REB / G 39.8 39.8
OREB / G 11.9 11.2
AST / TO 1.04 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 50.4%
TOV% 18.3% 22.1%
ORB% 33.3% 31.7%
FT Rate 22.1% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.1%
DRB% 75.9% 77.2%
Opp FT Rate 16.3% 23.3%

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