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USC Trojans
70 – 72
FINAL Neutral Conference Pac-12 Tournament
Colorado Buffaloes
Pac-12 Conference · T-Mobile Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread COLO -1.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money USC +120 / COLO -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total USC win
Actual COLO +2 142 Lost
Massey USC -0.0 (-2.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.4 (+6.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 56% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 55% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USC -0.3 (-2.3) 128.8 (+13.2) 45% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML COLO -0.3 (-1.7) 133.7 (+8.3) 47% ✓
Baseline ML COLO -0.5 (-1.5) 131.1 (+10.9) 45% ✓
Baseline Plus ML COLO -0.7 (-1.3) 133.8 (+8.2) 46% ✓

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 USC COLO
Overall 25-8 23-9
Conference 15-5 14-6
Home 13-2 11-1
Away 7-3 6-6
Neutral 5-3 6-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 73.1
Avg Pts Against 65.1 63.8
Massey 15.3 (#13) 15.3 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 2.47 (#21) 2.21 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.15 (#20) 2.96 (#28)
RPI 0.619 (#10) 0.595 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors USC COLO
FG% 46.5% 45.5%
3PT% 34.4% 36.3%
REB / G 39.9 35.0
OREB / G 12.4 9.6
AST / TO 1.10 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 51.9%
TOV% 18.1% 16.8%
ORB% 36.0% 30.1%
FT Rate 24.7% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 20.1%
DRB% 73.2% 74.5%
Opp FT Rate 18.2% 20.7%

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