They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · March 7, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money GCU -275 / UVU +275
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +10 138 Won
Massey GCU -7.4 (+2.6) — —
Massey Totals — 137.3 (+0.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -5.3 (+4.7) 133.3 (+4.7) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -5.9 (+4.1) 130.3 (+7.7) 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -5.9 (+4.1) 133.0 (+5.0) 72% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -5.8 (+4.2) 132.8 (+5.2) 73% ✓

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 16, 2025 GCU 89 – 82 UVU
Feb 2, 2025 GCU 75 – 57 UVU
Jan 10, 2025 UVU 72 – 64 GCU
Feb 3, 2024 GCU 86 – 67 UVU
Jan 19, 2024 GCU 78 – 65 UVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU UVU
Overall 17-7 11-11
Conference 9-3 9-4
Home 10-3 8-4
Away 5-1 3-6
Neutral 2-3 0-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 71.4 72.7
Avg Pts Against 62.8 74.5
Massey 2.9 (#125) -2.0 (#196)
Bradley-Terry -0.28 (#195) -0.70 (#232)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.00 (#175) -0.91 (#228)
RPI 0.497 (#173) 0.507 (#154)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU UVU
FG% 46.6% 47.8%
3PT% 31.3% 35.7%
REB / G 38.7 39.5
OREB / G 10.6 11.1
AST / TO 1.05 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 52.4%
TOV% 20.9% 21.7%
ORB% 32.4% 32.4%
FT Rate 23.3% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.2% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 14.7%
DRB% 76.2% 76.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 25.7%

Game Analysis

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