Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · January 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -13.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money UTU +900 / GCU -1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual GCU +13 145 Lost
Massey GCU -10.8 (-2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 149.6 (-4.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 12% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -10.2 (-2.8) 146.8 (-1.8) 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -9.9 (-3.1) 145.3 (-0.3) 17% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -10.6 (-2.4) 146.3 (-1.3) 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -10.6 (-2.4) 149.7 (-4.7) 17% ✓

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 7, 2025 GCU 90 – 68 UTU
Feb 16, 2024 GCU 73 – 61 UTU
Jan 7, 2024 GCU 75 – 65 UTU
Mar 4, 2023 GCU 71 – 61 UTU
Jan 19, 2023 GCU 89 – 85 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU GCU
Overall 7-26 26-8
Conference 2-14 13-3
Home 5-8 16-1
Away 0-16 5-4
Neutral 2-2 5-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.2 77.6
Avg Pts Against 76.9 70.0
Massey -8.1 (#296) 6.0 (#92)
Bradley-Terry -1.43 (#293) 1.04 (#86)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.63 (#286) 1.06 (#99)
RPI 0.419 (#309) 0.540 (#107)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU GCU
FG% 41.8% 43.6%
3PT% 32.4% 33.4%
REB / G 30.1 37.7
OREB / G 8.8 11.6
AST / TO 1.07 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 49.3%
TOV% 17.3% 17.6%
ORB% 25.0% 32.3%
FT Rate 23.9% 32.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.6% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 21.3%
DRB% 63.4% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 23.0%

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