Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Mountain West Conference · Save Mart Center · March 7, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread USU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money FRES +400 / USU -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total FRES win
Actual USU +6 108 Lost
Massey USU -11.7 (+5.7) — —
Massey Totals — 131.2 (-23.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -8.0 (+2.0) 134.0 (-26.0) 22% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -9.3 (+3.3) 131.1 (-23.1) 22% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -9.2 (+3.2) 133.6 (-25.6) 21% ✓
Baseline ML USU -8.9 (+2.9) 134.4 (-26.4) 22% ✓

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 11, 2026 USU 91 – 78 FRES
Dec 31, 2025 USU 72 – 63 FRES
Feb 8, 2025 USU 89 – 81 FRES
Jan 5, 2025 USU 89 – 83 FRES
Mar 14, 2024 USU 87 – 75 FRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FRES USU
Overall 12-12 20-9
Conference 9-11 15-4
Home 7-5 10-2
Away 4-6 7-3
Neutral 1-1 3-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 64.8 72.0
Avg Pts Against 68.5 62.3
Massey -3.1 (#219) 11.1 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 0.35 (#145) 1.56 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.24 (#158) 1.80 (#73)
RPI 0.506 (#157) 0.574 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors FRES USU
FG% 42.0% 45.1%
3PT% 31.8% 34.1%
REB / G 34.5 40.7
OREB / G 10.9 12.5
AST / TO 0.73 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 50.7%
TOV% 21.2% 19.6%
ORB% 31.5% 35.2%
FT Rate 24.8% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 20.5%
DRB% 74.4% 80.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 19.4%

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