And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cal Poly Mustangs
112 – 100 OT
FINAL Conference
UC Riverside Highlanders
Big West Conference · Mott Athletics Center · February 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UCR -1.5 Home covered
O/U 163.5 Over
Money CP +100 / UCR -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total CP win
Actual CP +12 212 Won
Massey UCR -0.9 (+12.9) — —
Massey Totals — 166.2 (+45.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 27% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 30% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CP -0.1 (+11.9) 159.0 (+53.0) 47% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCR -1.0 (+13.0) 159.9 (+52.1) 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UCR -0.5 (+12.5) 160.2 (+51.8) 47% ✗
Baseline ML UCR -0.5 (+12.5) 160.7 (+51.3) 45% ✗

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 1, 2026 CP 94 – 87 UCR
Dec 7, 2025 UCR 88 – 84 CP
Mar 14, 2025 CP 96 – 83 UCR
Feb 2, 2025 UCR 80 – 62 CP
Feb 25, 2024 UCR 84 – 78 CP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CP UCR
Overall 16-19 21-13
Conference 8-12 14-6
Home 9-5 14-1
Away 5-13 7-11
Neutral 2-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 81.6 74.5
Avg Pts Against 83.4 76.4
Massey -3.3 (#218) 0.8 (#146)
Bradley-Terry -0.41 (#210) 1.12 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.57 (#210) 0.93 (#106)
RPI 0.469 (#240) 0.561 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors CP UCR
FG% 44.8% 42.0%
3PT% 34.6% 33.8%
REB / G 34.2 36.8
OREB / G 10.0 12.4
AST / TO 0.91 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 49.2%
TOV% 21.7% 16.4%
ORB% 27.5% 33.1%
FT Rate 20.8% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 15.9%
DRB% 66.0% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 24.8%

Game Analysis

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