Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML ACU -5.2 (+5.8) 127.7 (-4.7) 65%

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 8478 TAR
Feb 17, 2026 TAR 6562 ACU
Feb 14, 2026 ACU 7359 TAR
Jan 9, 2026 ACU 8480 TAR
Feb 28, 2025 TAR 6752 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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