They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · January 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UTU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money UTU -130 / TAR +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual UTU +4 112 Won
Massey UTU -6.1 (-2.1) — —
Massey Totals — 129.8 (-17.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UTU -4.9 (-0.9) 134.3 (-22.3) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTU -2.7 (+1.3) 133.8 (-21.8) 66% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTU -2.9 (+1.1) 132.6 (-20.6) 62% ✓
Baseline ML UTU -3.2 (+0.8) 134.4 (-22.4) 60% ✓

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 21, 2026 UTU 80 – 72 TAR
Jan 31, 2026 UTU 65 – 59 TAR
Jan 18, 2026 UTU 75 – 71 TAR
Jan 31, 2025 TAR 61 – 54 UTU
Mar 1, 2024 TAR 85 – 74 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU TAR
Overall 7-26 12-20
Conference 2-14 7-9
Home 5-8 10-3
Away 0-16 1-14
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 68.2 60.2
Avg Pts Against 76.9 70.2
Massey -7.4 (#289) -9.6 (#319)
Bradley-Terry -1.66 (#309) -0.71 (#234)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.85 (#301) -1.34 (#268)
RPI 0.417 (#319) 0.479 (#211)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU TAR
FG% 40.9% 42.7%
3PT% 32.2% 37.9%
REB / G 32.0 28.4
OREB / G 9.7 8.5
AST / TO 1.14 0.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 47.5%
TOV% 16.8% 27.0%
ORB% 26.4% 27.5%
FT Rate 22.7% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 54.0%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 23.2%
DRB% 63.9% 63.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.7% 32.5%

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