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Southern Utah Thunderbirds
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Grand Canyon Lopes
Western Athletic Conference · Orleans Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2023
Betting Lines
O/U 148.0 Over
Money SUU -110 / GCU -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total SUU win
Actual GCU +18 150 Lost
Massey SUU -0.9 (-18.9)
Massey Totals 154.4 (-4.4)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 49%
Baseline Plus ML GCU -0.2 (-17.8) 151.7 (-1.7) 49%
Efficiency Plus ML GCU -0.1 (-17.9) 149.6 (+0.4) 49%
Baseline Tuned ML SUU -0.2 (-18.2) 151.3 (-1.3) 52%
Baseline ML GCU -0.3 (-17.7) 150.6 (-0.6) 49%

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 24, 2025 GCU 7459 SUU
Jan 5, 2025 GCU 8271 SUU
Feb 11, 2024 GCU 9465 SUU
Jan 5, 2024 GCU 9675 SUU
Mar 2, 2023 GCU 8378 SUU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SUU GCU
Overall 24-13 24-12
Conference 12-6 11-7
Home 13-2 14-4
Away 5-8 6-5
Neutral 6-3 5-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.1 72.2
Avg Pts Against 77.1 69.1
Massey 4.5 (#103) 3.7 (#115)
Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#96) 0.88 (#102)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.97 (#107) 1.01 (#102)
RPI 0.548 (#79) 0.541 (#93)
Shooting & Four Factors SUU GCU
FG% 45.5% 44.9%
3PT% 34.7% 36.7%
REB / G 36.3 35.5
OREB / G 9.9 10.1
AST / TO 0.82 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 52.5%
TOV% 18.8% 18.5%
ORB% 28.3% 30.7%
FT Rate 30.6% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 15.2%
DRB% 74.6% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 23.2%

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