I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
Western Athletic Conference · Moody Coliseum (Abilene) · January 24, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ACU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 128.5 Under
Money ACU -175 / TAR +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total ACU win
Actual ACU +11 123 Won
Massey ACU -6.6 (+4.4) — —
Massey Totals — 123.5 (-0.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 78% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ACU -5.2 (+5.8) 127.7 (-4.7) 65% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ACU -4.3 (+6.7) 126.5 (-3.5) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ACU -3.0 (+8.0) 127.6 (-4.6) 63% ✓
Baseline ML ACU -3.6 (+7.4) 125.6 (-2.6) 62% ✓

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 12, 2026 ACU 84 – 78 TAR
Feb 17, 2026 TAR 65 – 62 ACU
Feb 14, 2026 ACU 73 – 59 TAR
Jan 9, 2026 ACU 84 – 80 TAR
Feb 28, 2025 TAR 67 – 52 ACU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ACU TAR
Overall 16-16 12-20
Conference 8-8 7-9
Home 10-5 10-3
Away 5-10 1-14
Neutral 1-1 1-3
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 67.6 60.2
Avg Pts Against 71.0 70.2
Massey -6.1 (#265) -9.4 (#317)
Bradley-Terry -0.92 (#254) -0.87 (#247)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#222) -1.31 (#261)
RPI 0.456 (#249) 0.459 (#244)
Shooting & Four Factors ACU TAR
FG% 41.6% 42.8%
3PT% 27.1% 36.5%
REB / G 30.1 28.2
OREB / G 9.9 8.4
AST / TO 0.85 0.54
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.1% 47.4%
TOV% 20.7% 26.0%
ORB% 28.7% 27.6%
FT Rate 27.9% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.2% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 23.0% 22.8%
DRB% 69.9% 64.2%
Opp FT Rate 38.0% 35.6%

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