They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Western Athletic Conference · Wisdom Gym · February 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -11.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money TAR +700 / GCU -1200
Model Predictions
Spread Total TAR win
Actual GCU +4 124 Lost
Massey GCU -12.7 (+8.7) — —
Massey Totals — 136.4 (-12.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -11.3 (+7.3) 134.7 (-10.7) 17% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -11.1 (+7.1) 135.2 (-11.2) 16% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -10.4 (+6.4) 135.8 (-11.8) 16% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -11.1 (+7.1) 139.8 (-15.8) 16% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 19, 2025 GCU 88 – 64 TAR
Feb 23, 2024 TAR 77 – 74 GCU
Jan 14, 2024 GCU 74 – 48 TAR
Jan 29, 2023 TAR 81 – 62 GCU
Jan 16, 2022 GCU 80 – 59 TAR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TAR GCU
Overall 12-20 26-8
Conference 7-9 13-3
Home 10-3 16-1
Away 1-14 5-4
Neutral 1-3 5-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 60.2 77.6
Avg Pts Against 70.2 70.0
Massey -10.0 (#320) 5.8 (#92)
Bradley-Terry -0.95 (#255) 0.91 (#100)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.30 (#267) 0.89 (#108)
RPI 0.459 (#255) 0.532 (#115)
Shooting & Four Factors TAR GCU
FG% 42.0% 44.5%
3PT% 33.8% 32.0%
REB / G 28.0 37.7
OREB / G 8.4 11.4
AST / TO 0.53 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.5% 50.0%
TOV% 25.6% 18.3%
ORB% 27.5% 32.4%
FT Rate 31.2% 32.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.7% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 23.0% 20.6%
DRB% 65.2% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 36.0% 23.2%

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