Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Mountain West Conference · Provident Credit Union Event Center · February 12, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread USU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money SJSU +210 / USU -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJSU win
Actual SJSU +5 133 Won
Massey USU -4.1 (+9.1) — —
Massey Totals — 144.0 (-11.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 38% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 33% ✗
Baseline Plus ML USU -2.8 (+7.8) 141.2 (-8.2) 44% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -4.5 (+9.5) 137.4 (-4.4) 38% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML USU -1.9 (+6.9) 144.9 (-11.9) 42% ✗
Baseline ML USU -1.7 (+6.7) 144.6 (-11.6) 46% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 3, 2026 USU 96 – 78 SJSU
Feb 20, 2025 USU 105 – 57 SJSU
Jan 8, 2025 USU 85 – 78 SJSU
Mar 7, 2024 USU 90 – 70 SJSU
Jan 31, 2024 USU 82 – 61 SJSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJSU USU
Overall 21-14 26-9
Conference 10-8 13-5
Home 12-3 14-2
Away 5-8 7-4
Neutral 4-3 5-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 66.8 77.4
Avg Pts Against 66.2 69.9
Massey 3.5 (#117) 11.2 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 0.93 (#93) 2.05 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.18 (#95) 2.66 (#30)
RPI 0.551 (#90) 0.611 (#18)
Shooting & Four Factors SJSU USU
FG% 45.1% 47.7%
3PT% 34.5% 40.4%
REB / G 36.0 35.5
OREB / G 10.7 8.8
AST / TO 1.03 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 56.2%
TOV% 19.2% 17.5%
ORB% 33.6% 27.9%
FT Rate 19.0% 27.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 13.1% 15.7%
DRB% 75.9% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 20.6%

Game Analysis

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