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
Big West Conference · Titan Gym · January 2, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCSB -3.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money CSUF +154 / UCSB -185
Model Predictions
Spread Total CSUF win
Actual CSUF +11 179 Won
Massey UCSB -0.0 (+11.0)
Massey Totals 169.8 (+9.2)
Bradley-Terry 39%
Weighted B-T 39%
Efficiency Plus ML UCSB -0.7 (+11.7) 155.4 (+23.6) 45%
Baseline Tuned ML CSUF -0.7 (+10.3) 157.5 (+21.5) 52%
Baseline ML CSUF -0.1 (+10.9) 157.3 (+21.7) 52%
Baseline Plus ML CSUF -0.8 (+10.2) 156.1 (+22.9) 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

Feb 1, 2026 UCSB 8369 CSUF
Feb 21, 2025 UCSB 8656 CSUF
Jan 26, 2025 UCSB 8375 CSUF
Mar 3, 2024 CSUF 7970 UCSB
Jan 20, 2024 CSUF 7369 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CSUF UCSB
Overall 18-16 18-14
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 10-4 11-4
Away 6-10 5-8
Neutral 2-2 2-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 80.3 76.7
Avg Pts Against 82.2 73.7
Massey -3.1 (#212) 0.8 (#161)
Bradley-Terry -0.61 (#229) 0.45 (#135)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.47 (#194) 0.64 (#132)
RPI 0.488 (#197) 0.506 (#158)
Shooting & Four Factors CSUF UCSB
FG% 43.6% 46.4%
3PT% 31.8% 38.6%
REB / G 36.3 34.0
OREB / G 10.5 10.9
AST / TO 1.17 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 54.2%
TOV% 15.4% 18.2%
ORB% 26.1% 33.6%
FT Rate 24.9% 31.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.9% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 18.2%
DRB% 71.8% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 29.2% 32.1%

Game Analysis

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