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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%
Efficiency Plus ML USC -7.0 (+3.0) 139.0 (+21.0) 79%
Baseline Tuned ML USC -7.7 (+2.3) 145.0 (+15.0) 79%
Baseline ML USC -7.8 (+2.2) 144.9 (+15.1) 80%
Baseline Plus ML USC -7.4 (+2.6) 142.6 (+17.4) 79%

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 9968 USC
Jan 6, 2024 USC 9379 STAN
Jan 28, 2022 STAN 6461 USC
Jan 11, 2022 STAN 7569 USC
Mar 4, 2021 USC 7942 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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