That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -15.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money GCU -4000 / TAR +1300
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +24 152 Won
Massey GCU -17.4 (+6.6)
Massey Totals 134.2 (+17.8)
Bradley-Terry 91%
Weighted B-T 95%
Baseline ML GCU -14.4 (+9.6) 135.6 (+16.4) 87%
Baseline Plus ML GCU -16.2 (+7.8) 136.7 (+15.3) 88%
Efficiency Plus ML GCU -14.2 (+9.8) 135.7 (+16.3) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -14.7 (+9.3) 135.4 (+16.6) 88%

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 14, 2025 GCU 6460 TAR
Feb 23, 2024 TAR 7774 GCU
Jan 14, 2024 GCU 7448 TAR
Jan 29, 2023 TAR 8162 GCU
Jan 16, 2022 GCU 8059 TAR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU TAR
Overall 26-8 12-20
Conference 13-3 7-9
Home 16-1 10-3
Away 5-4 1-14
Neutral 5-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 77.6 60.2
Avg Pts Against 70.0 70.2
Massey 5.1 (#96) -8.7 (#310)
Bradley-Terry 0.85 (#102) -0.81 (#243)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.82 (#115) -1.27 (#262)
RPI 0.532 (#124) 0.464 (#236)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU TAR
FG% 43.2% 42.9%
3PT% 32.8% 37.0%
REB / G 37.6 28.6
OREB / G 11.8 8.4
AST / TO 1.05 0.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.8% 47.6%
TOV% 17.6% 26.5%
ORB% 31.9% 27.6%
FT Rate 32.1% 28.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 52.8%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 23.2%
DRB% 73.4% 64.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 33.7%

Game Analysis

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