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Northwestern Wildcats
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FINAL Conference
UCLA Bruins
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · March 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -2.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Over
Money NU +120 / UCLA -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual UCLA +4 142 Lost
Massey UCLA -1.3 (-2.7)
Massey Totals 132.2 (+9.8)
Bradley-Terry 39%
Weighted B-T 46%
Baseline Plus ML NU -0.8 (-4.8) 134.2 (+7.8) 53%
Model 4 ML NU -0.7 (-4.7) 131.7 (+10.3) 57%
Model 3 ML NU -0.6 (-4.6) 133.0 (+9.0) 53%
Baseline ML NU -0.7 (-4.7) 134.2 (+7.8) 56%

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 24, 2026 UCLA 7164 NU
Mar 19, 2023 UCLA 6863 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU UCLA
Overall 17-16 23-11
Conference 7-13 13-7
Home 12-5 15-2
Away 2-9 5-5
Neutral 3-2 3-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 74.2
Avg Pts Against 69.2 65.2
Massey 11.4 (#52) 16.0 (#25)
Bradley-Terry 1.50 (#65) 2.52 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.31 (#54) 3.14 (#32)
RPI 0.543 (#96) 0.587 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors NU UCLA
FG% 44.3% 46.7%
3PT% 34.0% 35.2%
REB / G 34.3 32.5
OREB / G 11.3 10.6
AST / TO 1.49 1.49
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 52.9%
TOV% 14.6% 16.0%
ORB% 31.9% 32.4%
FT Rate 22.4% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 19.8% 23.1%
DRB% 70.8% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 26.4%

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