In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · February 5, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SUU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money UTU +145 / SUU -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual UTU +7 165 Won
Massey SUU -1.5 (+8.5) — —
Massey Totals — 162.4 (+2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 31% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SUU -2.4 (+9.4) 159.2 (+5.8) 45% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SUU -3.1 (+10.1) 156.3 (+8.7) 43% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SUU -2.5 (+9.5) 158.1 (+6.9) 42% ✗
Baseline ML SUU -2.2 (+9.2) 159.8 (+5.2) 43% ✗

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 1, 2026 SUU 81 – 67 UTU
Jan 25, 2026 UTU 102 – 91 SUU
Dec 30, 2025 UTU 80 – 66 SUU
Mar 11, 2025 UTU 72 – 65 SUU
Feb 28, 2025 SUU 82 – 75 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU SUU
Overall 14-19 24-13
Conference 5-13 12-6
Home 9-5 13-2
Away 3-13 5-8
Neutral 2-1 6-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.9 79.1
Avg Pts Against 75.0 77.1
Massey -0.7 (#182) 4.4 (#104)
Bradley-Terry -0.49 (#225) 0.98 (#90)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.48 (#211) 1.05 (#102)
RPI 0.466 (#246) 0.562 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU SUU
FG% 44.0% 46.1%
3PT% 37.2% 33.8%
REB / G 33.9 36.9
OREB / G 10.1 10.0
AST / TO 0.77 0.78
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 52.3%
TOV% 21.8% 19.3%
ORB% 29.3% 28.4%
FT Rate 30.7% 29.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.5% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 18.1%
DRB% 74.2% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 21.3%

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