Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Mountain West Conference · The Pit · February 26, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SDSU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money UNM +115 / SDSU -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual SDSU +2 144 Lost
Massey UNM -0.8 (-2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 150.6 (-6.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 47% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNM -1.1 (-3.1) 149.6 (-5.6) 53% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SDSU -0.8 (-1.2) 147.4 (-3.4) 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNM -0.5 (-2.5) 148.0 (-4.0) 49% ✓
Baseline ML UNM -1.0 (-3.0) 148.6 (-4.6) 50% ✓

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 14, 2026 SDSU 64 – 62 UNM
Feb 28, 2026 UNM 81 – 76 SDSU
Jan 18, 2026 SDSU 83 – 79 UNM
Feb 26, 2025 SDSU 73 – 65 UNM
Jan 11, 2025 UNM 62 – 48 SDSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNM SDSU
Overall 22-12 32-7
Conference 8-10 15-3
Home 15-5 15-1
Away 5-6 8-2
Neutral 2-1 9-4
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.2 70.5
Avg Pts Against 74.6 63.6
Massey 10.3 (#47) 13.0 (#21)
Bradley-Terry 1.74 (#49) 2.54 (#11)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.11 (#54) 2.95 (#19)
RPI 0.581 (#46) 0.628 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM SDSU
FG% 48.3% 45.1%
3PT% 35.8% 34.7%
REB / G 37.2 35.2
OREB / G 9.8 10.2
AST / TO 1.14 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 51.3%
TOV% 16.3% 17.8%
ORB% 28.7% 31.2%
FT Rate 29.1% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 20.1%
DRB% 73.3% 75.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 22.6%

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