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Colorado Buffaloes
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FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · CU Events Center · January 21, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread USC -1.0 Away covered
O/U 137.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual USC +3 119 Lost
Massey USC -2.5 (-0.5)
Massey Totals 138.5 (-19.5)
Bradley-Terry 43%
Weighted B-T 41%
Efficiency Plus ML USC -1.4 (-1.6) 137.9 (-18.9) 47%
Baseline Tuned ML USC -0.3 (-2.7) 139.1 (-20.1) 49%
Baseline ML USC -0.6 (-2.4) 139.0 (-20.0) 55%
Baseline Plus ML USC -0.3 (-2.7) 139.4 (-20.4) 57%

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 18, 2024 COLO 9289 USC
Jan 14, 2024 COLO 6858 USC
Feb 24, 2023 USC 8465 COLO
Jan 13, 2023 USC 6861 COLO
Mar 13, 2021 COLO 7270 USC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO USC
Overall 21-12 26-8
Conference 12-8 14-6
Home 12-6 13-3
Away 6-4 9-3
Neutral 3-2 4-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 71.1 72.4
Avg Pts Against 67.4 66.0
Massey 5.8 (#96) 12.0 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 1.66 (#63) 2.55 (#32)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.96 (#66) 2.99 (#39)
RPI 0.574 (#64) 0.602 (#40)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO USC
FG% 44.6% 47.8%
3PT% 32.0% 34.9%
REB / G 38.7 41.6
OREB / G 10.5 11.7
AST / TO 0.98 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 53.2%
TOV% 19.1% 15.7%
ORB% 30.5% 33.6%
FT Rate 27.1% 18.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 43.0%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 14.9%
DRB% 78.6% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 16.2%

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