Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
UCLA Bruins
95 94 OT
FINAL Conference
Illinois Fighting Illini
Big Ten Conference · Pauley Pavilion · February 22, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -6.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money UCLA +235 / ILL -290
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual UCLA +1 189 Won
Massey ILL -8.4 (+9.4)
Massey Totals 149.7 (+39.3)
Bradley-Terry 25%
Weighted B-T 15%
Efficiency Plus ML ILL -5.6 (+6.6) 150.1 (+38.9) 24%
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -6.4 (+7.4) 147.5 (+41.5) 28%
Baseline ML ILL -6.3 (+7.3) 148.1 (+40.9) 28%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -7.7 (+8.7) 146.3 (+42.7) 30%

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 12, 2025 ILL 8378 UCLA
Nov 19, 2022 ILL 7970 UCLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA ILL
Overall 24-12 28-9
Conference 13-7 15-5
Home 17-1 14-3
Away 4-6 8-2
Neutral 3-5 6-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 83.2
Avg Pts Against 71.1 68.8
Massey 12.9 (#42) 24.3 (#4)
Bradley-Terry 2.20 (#45) 3.79 (#9)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.72 (#45) 5.00 (#7)
RPI 0.572 (#59) 0.644 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA ILL
FG% 46.4% 46.7%
3PT% 37.8% 35.9%
REB / G 32.5 41.1
OREB / G 10.2 13.1
AST / TO 1.60 1.62
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 55.9%
TOV% 14.2% 13.6%
ORB% 31.3% 39.0%
FT Rate 27.1% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 11.7%
DRB% 68.2% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 13.6%

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