The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
California Golden Bears
80 – 72
FINAL Neutral Mizzen+Main Empire Classic
UCLA Bruins
Chase Center (Neutral) · November 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -7.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money CAL +285 / UCLA -360
Model Predictions
Spread Total CAL win
Actual CAL +8 152 Won
Massey UCLA -1.7 (+9.7) — —
Massey Totals — 140.3 (+11.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 34% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -2.4 (+10.4) 137.5 (+14.5) 40% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCLA -4.1 (+12.1) 137.9 (+14.1) 30% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -2.0 (+10.0) 137.7 (+14.3) 42% ✗
Baseline ML UCLA -1.8 (+9.8) 137.8 (+14.2) 38% ✗

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 10, 2024 UCLA 61 – 60 CAL
Jan 7, 2024 CAL 66 – 57 UCLA
Feb 19, 2023 UCLA 78 – 43 CAL
Jan 28, 2022 UCLA 81 – 57 CAL
Jan 9, 2022 UCLA 60 – 52 CAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CAL UCLA
Overall 22-12 24-12
Conference 9-9 13-7
Home 17-5 17-1
Away 4-6 4-6
Neutral 1-1 3-5
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 77.1
Avg Pts Against 73.4 71.1
Massey 8.1 (#68) 9.8 (#59)
Bradley-Terry 1.04 (#106) 1.71 (#69)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.73 (#98) 2.68 (#68)
RPI 0.549 (#106) 0.549 (#107)
Shooting & Four Factors CAL UCLA
FG% 49.2% 49.4%
3PT% 36.3% 36.0%
REB / G 37.2 35.0
OREB / G 10.7 10.7
AST / TO 1.39 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 55.4%
TOV% 16.7% 17.4%
ORB% 32.3% 34.8%
FT Rate 27.8% 25.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 45.2%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 22.4%
DRB% 68.2% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 20.6%

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