And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Utah Valley Wolverines
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FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Samford Bulldogs
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UVU -7.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money UVU -360 / SAM +285
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVU win
Actual UVU +44 134 Won
Massey UVU -7.9 (+36.1)
Massey Totals 154.0 (-20.0)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 94%
Efficiency Plus ML UVU -5.9 (+38.1) 145.5 (-11.5) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML UVU -5.9 (+38.1) 145.5 (-11.5) 78%
Baseline ML UVU -5.0 (+39.0) 147.7 (-13.7) 73%
Baseline Plus ML UVU -5.2 (+38.8) 148.2 (-14.2) 77%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 28, 2024 SAM 8476 UVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UVU SAM
Overall 25-9 18-14
Conference 14-4 11-7
Home 15-1 11-3
Away 6-7 6-9
Neutral 4-1 1-2
Last 5 2-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 77.8
Avg Pts Against 70.8 77.0
Massey 4.1 (#113) -3.8 (#237)
Bradley-Terry 0.38 (#149) -0.68 (#234)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.52 (#105) -1.21 (#246)
RPI 0.542 (#120) 0.477 (#212)
Shooting & Four Factors UVU SAM
FG% 49.8% 41.8%
3PT% 33.3% 33.6%
REB / G 33.8 36.5
OREB / G 10.0 10.5
AST / TO 1.05 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 50.1%
TOV% 20.2% 12.9%
ORB% 31.0% 27.2%
FT Rate 23.8% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 14.3%
DRB% 70.9% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 31.5% 24.3%

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