And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum · December 6, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money USU -104 / BYU -112
Model Predictions
Spread Total USU win
Actual BYU +3 131 Lost
Massey USU -4.2 (-7.2) — —
Massey Totals — 146.0 (-15.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -1.4 (-4.4) 143.5 (-12.5) 56% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -0.8 (-3.8) 142.1 (-11.1) 45% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -0.9 (-3.9) 145.9 (-14.9) 50% ✓
Baseline ML USU -0.9 (-3.9) 143.3 (-12.3) 56% ✗

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 9, 2021 BYU 82 – 71 USU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USU BYU
Overall 20-9 20-7
Conference 15-4 10-3
Home 10-2 11-2
Away 7-3 7-2
Neutral 3-4 2-3
Last 5 1-2 3-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 72.0 77.0
Avg Pts Against 62.3 69.0
Massey -4.8 (#219) -0.8 (#153)
Bradley-Terry -0.63 (#191) 1.07 (#70)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.08 (#198) 2.04 (#51)
RPI 0.394 (#211) 0.591 (#62)
Shooting & Four Factors USU BYU
FG% 42.0% 43.7%
3PT% 32.1% 34.9%
REB / G 35.7 41.8
OREB / G 9.0 12.5
AST / TO 0.70 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 51.2%
TOV% 21.2% 22.7%
ORB% 27.3% 32.1%
FT Rate 29.6% 14.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.4% 45.6%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 20.3%
DRB% 83.3% 75.0%
Opp FT Rate 16.8% 21.9%

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