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Mountain West Conference · Save Mart Center · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USU -13.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money FRES +700 / USU -1200
Model Predictions
Spread Total FRES win
Actual USU +8 170 Lost
Massey USU -15.4 (+7.4) — —
Massey Totals — 160.6 (+9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 2% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -15.4 (+7.4) 154.0 (+16.0) 13% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -13.9 (+5.9) 154.2 (+15.8) 13% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -14.8 (+6.8) 155.8 (+14.2) 13% ✓
Baseline ML USU -15.3 (+7.3) 155.2 (+14.8) 13% ✓

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
Jan 5, 2025 USU 89 – 83 FRES
Mar 14, 2024 USU 87 – 75 FRES
Feb 28, 2024 USU 77 – 73 FRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FRES USU
Overall 6-26 26-8
Conference 2-18 15-5
Home 5-9 15-2
Away 1-14 7-4
Neutral 0-3 4-2
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 70.7 78.8
Avg Pts Against 80.7 70.5
Massey -6.4 (#270) 12.1 (#46)
Bradley-Terry -1.69 (#319) 2.76 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.01 (#308) 3.34 (#32)
RPI 0.414 (#326) 0.615 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors FRES USU
FG% 40.5% 48.1%
3PT% 30.9% 34.5%
REB / G 35.2 35.0
OREB / G 10.2 11.1
AST / TO 0.87 1.59
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 55.3%
TOV% 17.2% 16.4%
ORB% 25.5% 33.2%
FT Rate 25.2% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.9% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 21.0%
DRB% 67.2% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 22.1%

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