In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Utah State Aggies
87 – 47
FINAL Conference
Air Force Falcons
Mountain West Conference · Dee Glen Smith Spectrum · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USU -22.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money USU -10000 / AF +2500
Model Predictions
Spread Total USU win
Actual USU +40 134 Won
Massey USU -23.4 (+16.6) — —
Massey Totals — 145.3 (-11.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -22.4 (+17.6) 144.8 (-10.8) 91% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -20.6 (+19.4) 142.1 (-8.1) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -20.3 (+19.7) 146.5 (-12.5) 90% ✓
Baseline ML USU -23.0 (+17.0) 147.1 (-13.1) 91% ✓

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 7, 2026 USU 99 – 62 AF
Jan 25, 2025 USU 87 – 58 AF
Mar 2, 2024 USU 72 – 60 AF
Jan 2, 2024 USU 88 – 60 AF
Feb 15, 2023 USU 80 – 65 AF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USU AF
Overall 26-8 4-28
Conference 15-5 1-19
Home 15-2 3-13
Away 7-4 0-14
Neutral 4-2 1-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L2 L5
Avg Pts For 78.8 61.9
Avg Pts Against 70.5 73.7
Massey 12.0 (#48) -8.2 (#296)
Bradley-Terry 2.52 (#34) -2.18 (#336)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.91 (#40) -2.38 (#329)
RPI 0.605 (#23) 0.412 (#333)
Shooting & Four Factors USU AF
FG% 48.7% 42.4%
3PT% 36.1% 33.7%
REB / G 34.3 30.0
OREB / G 11.1 7.5
AST / TO 1.61 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.2% 50.3%
TOV% 15.9% 20.7%
ORB% 33.8% 23.0%
FT Rate 26.7% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 54.3%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 15.8%
DRB% 70.1% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 24.8%

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