Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Colorado State Rams
83 – 72
FINAL Neutral Conference Mountain West
Utah State Aggies
Mountain West Conference · Thomas & Mack Center (Neutral) · March 15, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CSU -0.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money CSU -115 / USU -105
Model Predictions
Spread Total CSU win
Actual CSU +11 155 Won
Massey USU -1.7 (+12.7) — —
Massey Totals — 150.3 (+4.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Baseline Plus ML USU -1.9 (+12.9) 141.9 (+13.1) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -1.6 (+12.6) 140.8 (+14.2) 47% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML USU -1.5 (+12.5) 144.9 (+10.1) 46% ✗
Baseline ML USU -3.2 (+14.2) 143.6 (+11.4) 52% ✓

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 USU 65 – 61 CSU
Dec 20, 2025 USU 100 – 58 CSU
Mar 1, 2025 CSU 93 – 66 USU
Feb 12, 2025 USU 93 – 85 CSU
Feb 17, 2024 CSU 75 – 55 USU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CSU USU
Overall 26-10 26-8
Conference 16-4 15-5
Home 14-2 15-2
Away 7-4 7-4
Neutral 5-4 4-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 67.3 70.5
Massey 11.0 (#56) 12.6 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 1.95 (#51) 2.57 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.45 (#52) 2.99 (#38)
RPI 0.570 (#51) 0.606 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors CSU USU
FG% 47.8% 48.8%
3PT% 35.7% 36.4%
REB / G 35.0 34.4
OREB / G 8.2 11.2
AST / TO 1.44 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 56.5%
TOV% 17.4% 16.0%
ORB% 26.5% 34.3%
FT Rate 23.9% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 20.2%
DRB% 75.5% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 25.3%

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