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USC Trojans
93 73
FINAL Conference
Utah Utes
Pac-12 Conference · Galen Center · December 2, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread USC -7.5 Home covered
O/U 137.0 Over
Money USC -320 / UTAH +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual USC +20 166 Won
Massey USC -11.7 (+8.3)
Massey Totals 132.5 (+33.5)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML USC -8.6 (+11.4) 141.5 (+24.5) 73%
Baseline Tuned ML USC -8.7 (+11.3) 137.8 (+28.2) 80%
Baseline ML USC -8.2 (+11.8) 136.4 (+29.6) 76%
Baseline Plus ML USC -7.8 (+12.2) 138.3 (+27.7) 67%

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 16, 2024 USC 6864 UTAH
Feb 26, 2023 USC 6249 UTAH
Jan 15, 2023 USC 7156 UTAH
Jan 22, 2022 USC 7967 UTAH
Mar 12, 2021 USC 9185 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USC UTAH
Overall 26-8 11-20
Conference 14-6 4-16
Home 13-3 7-9
Away 9-3 2-9
Neutral 4-2 2-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L2 L4
Avg Pts For 72.4 69.7
Avg Pts Against 66.0 70.9
Massey 15.3 (#12) 9.6 (#35)
Bradley-Terry 3.66 (#6) 1.63 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.14 (#12) 2.75 (#51)
RPI 0.682 (#8) 0.623 (#29)
Shooting & Four Factors USC UTAH
FG% 48.4% 44.1%
3PT% 34.9% 31.4%
REB / G 43.7 43.3
OREB / G 12.0 13.2
AST / TO 1.92 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 50.3%
TOV% 12.6% 18.8%
ORB% 32.7% 37.1%
FT Rate 15.6% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 39.0% 41.7%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 14.7%
DRB% 72.8% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 14.6% 16.6%

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