I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · January 23, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -12.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money UTU +700 / GCU -800
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual GCU +3 151 Lost
Massey GCU -14.7 (+11.7) — —
Massey Totals — 139.8 (+11.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 27% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -11.8 (+8.8) 140.4 (+10.6) 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -11.4 (+8.4) 136.7 (+14.3) 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -12.4 (+9.4) 140.2 (+10.8) 15% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -11.7 (+8.7) 141.4 (+9.6) 14% ✓

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, 2025 GCU 90 – 68 UTU
Jan 26, 2025 GCU 79 – 66 UTU
Feb 16, 2024 GCU 73 – 61 UTU
Jan 7, 2024 GCU 75 – 65 UTU
Mar 4, 2023 GCU 71 – 61 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU GCU
Overall 8-13 17-7
Conference 4-10 9-3
Home 5-7 10-3
Away 3-6 5-1
Neutral 0-0 2-3
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 71.4
Avg Pts Against 78.2 62.8
Massey -13.6 (#335) 4.0 (#110)
Bradley-Terry -1.71 (#296) -0.19 (#189)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.01 (#316) 0.47 (#143)
RPI 0.422 (#283) 0.460 (#227)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU GCU
FG% 41.0% 49.1%
3PT% 27.3% 29.8%
REB / G 34.4 39.2
OREB / G 9.4 10.4
AST / TO 0.83 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.7% 54.3%
TOV% 21.7% 21.4%
ORB% 24.5% 32.9%
FT Rate 23.8% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 47.2%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 15.9%
DRB% 66.0% 79.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 19.3%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.