Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Grand Canyon Lopes
82 – 77
FINAL Neutral Conference Hercules Tires WAC
UT Arlington Mavericks
Western Athletic Conference · Michelob ULTRA Arena (Neutral) · March 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money GCU -500 / UTA +333
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +5 159 Won
Massey GCU -8.0 (-3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 130.1 (+28.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -7.0 (-2.0) 136.5 (+22.5) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -6.6 (-1.6) 135.7 (+23.3) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -7.0 (-2.0) 137.4 (+21.6) 77% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -7.0 (-2.0) 138.6 (+20.4) 76% ✓

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 13, 2025 GCU 98 – 75 UTA
Feb 28, 2025 GCU 85 – 71 UTA
Feb 15, 2025 GCU 82 – 75 UTA
Mar 17, 2024 GCU 89 – 74 UTA
Jan 27, 2024 GCU 67 – 61 UTA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU UTA
Overall 24-12 11-21
Conference 11-7 6-12
Home 14-4 6-8
Away 6-5 4-9
Neutral 5-3 1-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 72.2 62.9
Avg Pts Against 69.1 70.0
Massey 3.4 (#118) -4.6 (#248)
Bradley-Terry 0.65 (#118) -0.60 (#235)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.83 (#112) -0.76 (#235)
RPI 0.533 (#115) 0.459 (#263)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU UTA
FG% 44.1% 40.0%
3PT% 35.9% 32.2%
REB / G 36.2 34.0
OREB / G 10.6 12.0
AST / TO 0.88 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 45.6%
TOV% 18.9% 21.5%
ORB% 31.6% 33.0%
FT Rate 26.2% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 51.7%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 20.4%
DRB% 69.1% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 27.3%

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