I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
USC Trojans
91 85 2OT
FINAL Neutral Conference Pac-12 Tournament
Utah Utes
Pac-12 Conference · T-Mobile Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread USC -7.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money USC -300 / UTAH +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual USC +6 176 Won
Massey USC -7.7 (-1.7)
Massey Totals 138.4 (+37.6)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 84%
Efficiency Plus ML USC -6.3 (-0.3) 135.0 (+41.0) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML USC -6.7 (-0.7) 138.3 (+37.7) 75%
Baseline ML USC -6.4 (-0.4) 139.0 (+37.0) 72%
Baseline Plus ML USC -6.0 (-0.0) 139.1 (+36.9) 74%

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 16, 2024 USC 6864 UTAH
Feb 26, 2023 USC 6249 UTAH
Jan 15, 2023 USC 7156 UTAH
Jan 22, 2022 USC 7967 UTAH
Dec 2, 2021 USC 9373 UTAH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USC UTAH
Overall 25-8 12-13
Conference 15-5 8-11
Home 13-2 8-5
Away 7-3 3-7
Neutral 5-3 1-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 72.1
Avg Pts Against 65.1 69.8
Massey 15.3 (#13) 7.6 (#76)
Bradley-Terry 2.40 (#25) 0.90 (#100)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.08 (#22) 1.39 (#87)
RPI 0.616 (#10) 0.514 (#146)
Shooting & Four Factors USC UTAH
FG% 46.5% 47.2%
3PT% 34.3% 35.8%
REB / G 39.9 31.0
OREB / G 12.7 7.4
AST / TO 1.10 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 53.4%
TOV% 18.3% 18.5%
ORB% 36.8% 23.8%
FT Rate 23.7% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 20.1%
DRB% 72.9% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 18.6%

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