They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Galen Center · December 16, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread USC -11.0 Away covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual USC +5 127 Won
Massey USC -10.8 (-5.8) — —
Massey Totals — 123.0 (+4.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USC -10.6 (-5.6) 131.1 (-4.1) 82% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USC -11.1 (-6.1) 132.2 (-5.2) 82% ✓
Baseline ML USC -10.9 (-5.9) 132.0 (-5.0) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USC -10.7 (-5.7) 133.5 (-6.5) 80% ✓

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 15, 2023 UCI 70 – 60 USC
Dec 9, 2020 USC 91 – 56 UCI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USC UCI
Overall 26-8 15-10
Conference 14-6 9-5
Home 13-3 9-1
Away 9-3 6-7
Neutral 4-2 0-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 63.9
Avg Pts Against 66.0 61.4
Massey 14.5 (#17) 8.4 (#52)
Bradley-Terry 4.05 (#5) 1.57 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.19 (#8) 2.06 (#69)
RPI 0.671 (#6) 0.628 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors USC UCI
FG% 49.6% 39.9%
3PT% 34.8% 39.7%
REB / G 42.5 38.4
OREB / G 11.6 10.8
AST / TO 1.59 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 45.4%
TOV% 15.1% 19.1%
ORB% 33.2% 30.5%
FT Rate 15.2% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 40.6% 40.9%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 18.2%
DRB% 72.2% 78.4%
Opp FT Rate 15.4% 25.4%

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