Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
(7) UCLA Bruins
72 – 47
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Utah State Aggies
Rupp Arena (Neutral) · March 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -5.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money UCLA -240 / USU +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual UCLA +25 119 Won
Massey UCLA -4.0 (+21.0) — —
Massey Totals — 144.6 (-25.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 55% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -2.6 (+22.4) 141.8 (-22.8) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCLA -1.6 (+23.4) 136.3 (-17.3) 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -1.9 (+23.1) 139.6 (-20.6) 62% ✓
Baseline ML UCLA -2.2 (+22.8) 141.7 (-22.7) 62% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA USU
Overall 23-11 26-8
Conference 13-7 15-5
Home 15-2 15-2
Away 5-5 7-4
Neutral 3-4 4-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 65.2 70.5
Massey 16.1 (#24) 12.1 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 2.59 (#32) 2.40 (#40)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.22 (#33) 2.78 (#42)
RPI 0.579 (#42) 0.595 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA USU
FG% 46.6% 48.4%
3PT% 35.2% 35.8%
REB / G 32.7 34.5
OREB / G 10.8 11.5
AST / TO 1.54 1.59
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 56.0%
TOV% 15.9% 16.0%
ORB% 32.8% 34.6%
FT Rate 23.2% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 20.2%
DRB% 70.8% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.9% 26.0%

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