Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
New Mexico Lobos
46 – 82
FINAL Conference
Utah State Aggies
Mountain West Conference · Rip Griffin Center · January 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread USU -15.0 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money UNM +900 / USU -1600
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual USU +36 128 Lost
Massey USU -15.7 (-20.3) — —
Massey Totals — 131.2 (-3.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -13.1 (-22.9) 133.7 (-5.7) 14% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -14.5 (-21.5) 132.7 (-4.7) 14% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -17.5 (-18.5) 134.0 (-6.0) 13% ✓
Baseline ML USU -16.0 (-20.0) 136.1 (-8.1) 12% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 USU 94 – 90 UNM
Feb 5, 2026 USU 86 – 66 UNM
Feb 16, 2025 UNM 82 – 79 USU
Feb 2, 2025 UNM 82 – 63 USU
Mar 10, 2024 USU 87 – 85 UNM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNM USU
Overall 6-16 20-9
Conference 2-15 15-4
Home 1-4 10-2
Away 3-8 7-3
Neutral 1-4 3-4
Last 5 0-5 5-0
Streak L3 L2
Avg Pts For 62.1 72.0
Avg Pts Against 72.8 62.3
Massey -10.1 (#307) 8.8 (#60)
Bradley-Terry -1.00 (#244) 0.91 (#103)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.52 (#251) 0.77 (#126)
RPI 0.514 (#142) 0.515 (#140)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM USU
FG% 35.8% 45.6%
3PT% 27.3% 33.0%
REB / G 34.3 41.3
OREB / G 13.0 12.7
AST / TO 0.65 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 39.7% 50.9%
TOV% 21.3% 18.6%
ORB% 33.1% 35.2%
FT Rate 23.2% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.8% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 21.9%
DRB% 69.9% 79.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.4% 19.5%

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