Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
USC Trojans
85 – 75
FINAL Conference
Stanford Cardinal
Pac-12 Conference · Galen Center · February 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread USC -5.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money USC -250 / STAN +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual USC +10 160 Won
Massey USC -7.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 141.2 (+18.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USC -7.7 (+2.3) 145.0 (+15.0) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USC -7.0 (+3.0) 139.0 (+21.0) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USC -7.4 (+2.6) 142.6 (+17.4) 79% ✓
Baseline ML USC -7.8 (+2.2) 144.9 (+15.1) 80% ✓

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 11, 2024 STAN 99 – 68 USC
Jan 6, 2024 USC 93 – 79 STAN
Jan 28, 2022 STAN 64 – 61 USC
Jan 11, 2022 STAN 75 – 69 USC
Mar 4, 2021 USC 79 – 42 STAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USC STAN
Overall 22-11 14-19
Conference 14-6 7-13
Home 15-2 9-6
Away 5-5 2-8
Neutral 2-4 3-5
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.5 70.3
Avg Pts Against 67.4 68.4
Massey 9.7 (#51) 5.8 (#91)
Bradley-Terry 1.62 (#55) 0.05 (#168)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.00 (#57) 0.34 (#146)
RPI 0.579 (#45) 0.471 (#241)
Shooting & Four Factors USC STAN
FG% 45.7% 44.6%
3PT% 32.5% 34.0%
REB / G 35.0 35.2
OREB / G 9.5 10.9
AST / TO 1.10 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 51.4%
TOV% 18.2% 19.7%
ORB% 29.0% 32.5%
FT Rate 24.7% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.2% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 18.8%
DRB% 66.8% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 20.1%

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