And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
BYU Cougars
71 – 82
FINAL Conference
Gonzaga Bulldogs
West Coast Conference · Marriott Center · February 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GONZ -10.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money BYU +550 / GONZ -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual GONZ +11 153 Lost
Massey GONZ -8.8 (-2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 160.4 (-7.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 10% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GONZ -7.6 (-3.4) 159.3 (-6.3) 26% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GONZ -6.1 (-4.9) 153.7 (-0.7) 34% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GONZ -5.3 (-5.7) 157.9 (-4.9) 27% ✓
Baseline ML GONZ -5.1 (-5.9) 155.2 (-2.2) 24% ✓

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 12, 2023 GONZ 88 – 81 BYU
Jan 13, 2023 GONZ 75 – 74 BYU
Feb 6, 2022 GONZ 90 – 57 BYU
Jan 14, 2022 GONZ 110 – 84 BYU
Mar 10, 2021 GONZ 88 – 78 BYU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU GONZ
Overall 20-7 31-1
Conference 10-3 15-0
Home 11-2 12-0
Away 7-2 7-0
Neutral 2-3 12-1
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 91.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 69.7
Massey 12.5 (#30) 23.9 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 2.53 (#24) 5.14 (#2)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.15 (#26) 6.90 (#2)
RPI 0.635 (#8) 0.662 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU GONZ
FG% 47.5% 55.1%
3PT% 34.8% 35.0%
REB / G 40.5 38.9
OREB / G 10.3 10.2
AST / TO 1.18 1.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 60.7%
TOV% 19.3% 15.9%
ORB% 30.1% 32.1%
FT Rate 20.2% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.9% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 20.0%
DRB% 76.5% 76.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 20.0%

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