And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
BYU Cougars
53 – 79
FINAL Neutral Roman Legends Classic
USC Trojans
Mohegan Sun Arena (Neutral) · December 1, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -4.0 Away covered
O/U 141.0 Under
Money BYU -175 / USC +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual USC +26 132 Lost
Massey BYU -5.0 (-31.0) — —
Massey Totals — 150.2 (-18.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 49% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -1.2 (-27.2) 145.7 (-13.7) 65% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -2.5 (-28.5) 146.4 (-14.4) 61% ✗

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 23, 2022 USC 82 – 76 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU USC
Overall 20-7 25-8
Conference 10-3 15-5
Home 11-2 13-2
Away 7-2 7-3
Neutral 2-3 5-3
Last 5 2-0 2-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 74.9
Avg Pts Against 69.0 65.1
Massey 4.4 (#55) -0.6 (#134)
Bradley-Terry 0.72 (#71) 0.79 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#70) 1.10 (#68)
RPI 0.500 (#77) —
Shooting & Four Factors BYU USC
FG% 52.0% 53.6%
3PT% 40.4% 33.3%
REB / G 44.0 45.5
OREB / G 12.0 15.5
AST / TO 1.11 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 60.6% 58.5%
TOV% 23.7% 22.5%
ORB% 35.8% 48.4%
FT Rate 15.4% 35.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 39.8% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 22.6% 16.8%
DRB% 79.0% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 32.4% 14.3%

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