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Colorado Buffaloes
80 – 62
FINAL Conference
USC Trojans
Pac-12 Conference · CU Events Center · February 26, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -3.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money COLO -150 / USC +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLO win
Actual COLO +18 142 Won
Massey COLO -1.6 (+16.4) — —
Massey Totals — 137.8 (+4.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 45% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -2.8 (+15.2) 136.9 (+5.1) 62% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ COLO -1.4 (+16.6) 132.5 (+9.5) 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML COLO -3.2 (+14.8) 136.2 (+5.8) 73% ✓
Baseline ML COLO -2.8 (+15.2) 137.5 (+4.5) 69% ✓

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 18, 2024 COLO 92 – 89 USC
Jan 14, 2024 COLO 68 – 58 USC
Feb 24, 2023 USC 84 – 65 COLO
Jan 13, 2023 USC 68 – 61 COLO
Jan 21, 2022 USC 61 – 58 COLO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLO USC
Overall 23-9 25-8
Conference 14-6 15-5
Home 11-1 13-2
Away 6-6 7-3
Neutral 6-2 5-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.1 74.9
Avg Pts Against 63.8 65.1
Massey 14.7 (#17) 15.4 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 1.87 (#52) 2.47 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#44) 3.34 (#17)
RPI 0.595 (#31) 0.619 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors COLO USC
FG% 45.6% 46.9%
3PT% 36.1% 35.2%
REB / G 35.1 40.2
OREB / G 9.6 12.6
AST / TO 1.20 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 52.5%
TOV% 17.0% 18.2%
ORB% 29.9% 36.7%
FT Rate 24.5% 24.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.3% 44.3%
Opp TOV% 20.2% 17.2%
DRB% 74.7% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 17.7%

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