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Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 31, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money GCU -125 / NMSU +138
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +12 118 Won
Massey GCU -10.0 (+2.0) — —
Massey Totals — 126.9 (-8.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -12.3 (-0.3) 132.3 (-14.3) 86% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -9.0 (+3.0) 127.7 (-9.7) 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -11.7 (+0.3) 131.9 (-13.9) 85% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -12.7 (-0.7) 131.6 (-13.6) 86% ✓

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 9, 2023 GCU 78 – 67 NMSU
Mar 12, 2022 NMSU 75 – 70 GCU
Feb 20, 2022 NMSU 82 – 66 GCU
Jan 30, 2022 NMSU 71 – 61 GCU
Mar 14, 2021 GCU 74 – 56 NMSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU NMSU
Overall 17-7 12-8
Conference 9-3 7-6
Home 10-3 3-2
Away 5-1 5-5
Neutral 2-3 3-1
Last 5 5-0 0-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.4 69.2
Avg Pts Against 62.8 65.4
Massey 3.5 (#118) -3.9 (#226)
Bradley-Terry 0.02 (#169) -2.14 (#316)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.45 (#144) -2.94 (#318)
RPI 0.460 (#230) 0.334 (#345)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU NMSU
FG% 48.8% 31.3%
3PT% 31.3% 21.4%
REB / G 38.8 40.0
OREB / G 10.4 13.0
AST / TO 1.04 0.62
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 36.5%
TOV% 21.0% 18.4%
ORB% 32.8% 30.6%
FT Rate 24.9% 35.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.0% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 15.6%
DRB% 78.4% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 23.5%

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