Lights going out, and a kick in the balls. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
Western Athletic Conference · Moody Coliseum (Abilene) · February 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ACU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money ACU -300 / UTU +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total ACU win
Actual ACU +8 152 Won
Massey ACU -7.2 (+0.8) — —
Massey Totals — 141.8 (+10.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ACU -6.3 (+1.7) 143.9 (+8.1) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ACU -5.7 (+2.3) 140.5 (+11.5) 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ACU -6.6 (+1.4) 141.6 (+10.4) 75% ✓
Baseline ML ACU -6.7 (+1.3) 142.8 (+9.2) 79% ✓

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 13, 2026 UTU 80 – 74 ACU
Feb 27, 2026 UTU 85 – 81 ACU
Jan 30, 2026 UTU 76 – 70 ACU
Jan 2, 2026 UTU 79 – 64 ACU
Feb 7, 2025 ACU 86 – 72 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ACU UTU
Overall 16-16 7-26
Conference 8-8 2-14
Home 10-5 5-8
Away 5-10 0-16
Neutral 1-1 2-2
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 68.2
Avg Pts Against 71.0 76.9
Massey -4.2 (#236) -8.2 (#299)
Bradley-Terry -0.67 (#231) -1.90 (#327)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#202) -2.03 (#312)
RPI 0.470 (#240) 0.406 (#336)
Shooting & Four Factors ACU UTU
FG% 43.5% 42.8%
3PT% 29.8% 33.2%
REB / G 30.7 31.0
OREB / G 9.8 9.3
AST / TO 0.83 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 49.4%
TOV% 20.4% 17.9%
ORB% 28.9% 26.5%
FT Rate 28.1% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 53.8%
Opp TOV% 23.8% 17.5%
DRB% 69.0% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 37.1% 27.3%

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