Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Grand Canyon Lopes
71 – 66
FINAL Neutral Conference WAC
Sam Houston Bearkats
Western Athletic Conference · Orleans Arena (Neutral) · March 11, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -4.0 Home covered
O/U 125.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +5 137 Won
Massey GCU -5.1 (-0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 121.9 (+15.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -4.2 (+0.8) 128.1 (+8.9) 68% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -4.5 (+0.5) 128.1 (+8.9) 70% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -4.3 (+0.7) 128.7 (+8.3) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -4.2 (+0.8) 129.3 (+7.7) 69% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 21, 2023 GCU 76 – 64 SHSU
Mar 11, 2023 GCU 78 – 75 SHSU
Jan 6, 2023 GCU 72 – 68 SHSU
Feb 27, 2022 GCU 67 – 41 SHSU
Jan 22, 2022 SHSU 58 – 56 GCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU SHSU
Overall 23-8 19-14
Conference 13-5 13-5
Home 15-2 11-2
Away 7-5 5-8
Neutral 2-1 3-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.4 65.5
Avg Pts Against 62.0 64.3
Massey 6.2 (#91) 1.2 (#147)
Bradley-Terry 1.20 (#86) 0.24 (#150)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.40 (#89) 0.19 (#158)
RPI 0.541 (#97) 0.524 (#127)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU SHSU
FG% 42.8% 41.2%
3PT% 34.6% 33.7%
REB / G 40.1 36.5
OREB / G 12.7 11.6
AST / TO 0.99 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 48.3%
TOV% 19.1% 18.6%
ORB% 34.7% 30.9%
FT Rate 20.8% 14.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.8% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 20.8%
DRB% 71.7% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 25.5%

Game Analysis

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