I remember one night the kid cut off his right arm in a bid to save a bit of power. "So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
76 – 58
FINAL Conference
UTEP Miners
Conference USA · Thomas Assembly Center · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LT -4.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money LT -215 / UTEP +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total LT win
Actual LT +18 134 Won
Massey LT -4.5 (+13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 141.1 (-7.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 71% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LT -4.9 (+13.1) 140.9 (-6.9) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LT -4.7 (+13.3) 141.0 (-7.0) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LT -4.7 (+13.3) 141.5 (-7.5) 72% ✓
Baseline ML LT -4.3 (+13.7) 142.8 (-8.8) 75% ✓

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 29, 2026 LT 69 – 59 UTEP
Dec 30, 2025 LT 75 – 63 UTEP
Jan 3, 2025 UTEP 70 – 60 LT
Feb 23, 2024 LT 65 – 59 UTEP
Jan 26, 2024 LT 68 – 54 UTEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LT UTEP
Overall 20-12 18-15
Conference 9-9 7-11
Home 11-4 11-5
Away 5-7 4-8
Neutral 4-1 3-2
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.5 71.1
Avg Pts Against 69.3 72.1
Massey 1.9 (#131) 0.6 (#152)
Bradley-Terry 0.68 (#115) 0.36 (#139)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.86 (#108) 0.21 (#155)
RPI 0.540 (#100) 0.516 (#155)
Shooting & Four Factors LT UTEP
FG% 45.5% 43.6%
3PT% 33.8% 35.0%
REB / G 35.0 30.8
OREB / G 9.1 8.5
AST / TO 1.15 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 49.9%
TOV% 19.0% 16.6%
ORB% 29.0% 24.4%
FT Rate 26.4% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 22.2%
DRB% 71.5% 67.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 28.6%

Game Analysis

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