I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam. "Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
Burns Arena · December 12, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UTU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 152.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual UTU +20 144 Won
Massey UTU -0.6 (+19.4)
Massey Totals 154.4 (-10.4)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 94%
Baseline Plus ML UTU -2.4 (+17.6) 148.7 (-4.7) 63%
Baseline ML UTU -2.1 (+17.9) 152.1 (-8.1) 63%
Baseline Tuned ML UTU -1.7 (+18.3) 151.3 (-7.3) 58%
Efficiency Plus ML UTU -3.7 (+16.3) 145.8 (-1.8) 66%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 26, 2024 UTU 6854 DEN
Dec 12, 2020 UTU 7370 DEN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU DEN
Overall 13-18 11-21
Conference 6-12 7-11
Home 10-6 6-7
Away 3-11 4-12
Neutral 0-1 1-2
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 68.1 70.6
Avg Pts Against 76.1 74.8
Massey -8.0 (#297) -3.7 (#246)
Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#222) -1.57 (#291)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.53 (#216) -2.23 (#293)
RPI 0.498 (#176) 0.433 (#274)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU DEN
FG% 41.7% 44.2%
3PT% 32.2% 36.2%
REB / G 32.8 29.4
OREB / G 8.8 7.0
AST / TO 0.99 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.0% 50.8%
TOV% 20.3% 19.6%
ORB% 23.6% 21.6%
FT Rate 25.6% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.5% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 19.9%
DRB% 69.9% 68.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 26.2%

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