Tire tracks all across your back - I can see you've had your fun. "Crosstown Traffic"- Jimi Hendrix
New Mexico Lobos
82 – 79
FINAL Conference
Utah State Aggies
Mountain West Conference · The Pit · February 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UNM -5.5 Away covered
O/U 158.5 Over
Money UNM -220 / USU +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual UNM +3 161 Won
Massey UNM -4.5 (-1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 161.6 (-0.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 58% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNM -5.6 (-2.6) 154.3 (+6.7) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNM -5.3 (-2.3) 151.2 (+9.8) 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNM -6.2 (-3.2) 155.3 (+5.7) 74% ✓
Baseline ML UNM -5.4 (-2.4) 155.7 (+5.3) 77% ✓

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, 2026 USU 94 – 90 UNM
Feb 5, 2026 USU 86 – 66 UNM
Feb 2, 2025 UNM 82 – 63 USU
Mar 10, 2024 USU 87 – 85 UNM
Jan 17, 2024 UNM 99 – 86 USU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNM USU
Overall 27-8 26-8
Conference 17-3 15-5
Home 15-1 15-2
Away 7-4 7-4
Neutral 5-3 4-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 79.3 78.8
Avg Pts Against 70.6 70.5
Massey 13.4 (#36) 12.0 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 2.64 (#31) 2.87 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.80 (#18) 3.46 (#26)
RPI 0.615 (#23) 0.621 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM USU
FG% 45.6% 49.1%
3PT% 34.6% 35.1%
REB / G 40.6 34.9
OREB / G 12.4 11.2
AST / TO 1.30 1.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 56.3%
TOV% 15.6% 16.2%
ORB% 31.6% 33.8%
FT Rate 25.6% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 20.7%
DRB% 74.5% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 23.4%

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