Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Cal State Northridge Matadors
72 78
FINAL Neutral Conference Big West
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Big West Conference · Lee's Family Forum (Neutral) · March 14, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CSUN -3.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money CSUN -170 / UCSB +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total CSUN win
Actual UCSB +6 150 Lost
Massey CSUN -3.0 (-9.0)
Massey Totals 150.4 (-0.4)
Bradley-Terry 68%
Weighted B-T 72%
Efficiency Plus ML CSUN -3.2 (-9.2) 144.1 (+5.9) 62%
Baseline Tuned ML CSUN -3.8 (-9.8) 148.3 (+1.7) 66%
Baseline ML CSUN -3.7 (-9.7) 149.0 (+1.0) 67%
Baseline Plus ML CSUN -3.4 (-9.4) 148.4 (+1.6) 66%

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 20, 2026 CSUN 8583 UCSB
Jan 3, 2026 CSUN 7465 UCSB
Mar 2, 2025 CSUN 10377 UCSB
Jan 31, 2025 CSUN 7871 UCSB
Mar 14, 2024 CSUN 8784 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CSUN UCSB
Overall 22-11 21-13
Conference 14-6 11-9
Home 10-3 12-5
Away 10-7 7-7
Neutral 2-1 2-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 79.5 73.2
Avg Pts Against 74.3 69.4
Massey 4.2 (#103) 1.2 (#140)
Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#87) 0.31 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#94) 0.19 (#154)
RPI 0.525 (#128) 0.475 (#232)
Shooting & Four Factors CSUN UCSB
FG% 46.5% 46.6%
3PT% 35.3% 39.1%
REB / G 39.5 33.2
OREB / G 12.8 8.6
AST / TO 1.19 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 55.7%
TOV% 18.6% 18.3%
ORB% 35.3% 27.2%
FT Rate 26.0% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 17.1%
DRB% 75.8% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 34.8% 24.2%

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