Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Santa Clara Broncos
82 – 63
FINAL Conference
Pepperdine Waves
West Coast Conference · Leavey Center · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SCU -20.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money SCU -2800 / PEPP +1300
Model Predictions
Spread Total SCU win
Actual SCU +19 145 Won
Massey SCU -21.0 (-2.0) — —
Massey Totals — 147.3 (-2.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SCU -15.9 (+3.1) 142.6 (+2.4) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SCU -19.2 (-0.2) 141.6 (+3.4) 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SCU -17.6 (+1.4) 143.2 (+1.8) 89% ✓
Baseline ML SCU -17.7 (+1.3) 143.3 (+1.7) 88% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 10, 2025 PEPP 78 – 76 SCU
Dec 29, 2024 SCU 91 – 80 PEPP
Jan 26, 2024 SCU 94 – 71 PEPP
Jan 7, 2024 SCU 78 – 72 PEPP
Feb 24, 2023 SCU 91 – 82 PEPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SCU PEPP
Overall 26-9 9-23
Conference 15-3 4-14
Home 14-1 7-10
Away 8-3 2-11
Neutral 4-5 0-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 82.9 70.4
Avg Pts Against 73.5 79.7
Massey 10.4 (#56) -6.7 (#273)
Bradley-Terry 1.83 (#60) -1.37 (#281)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.91 (#51) -1.54 (#258)
RPI 0.608 (#35) 0.424 (#307)
Shooting & Four Factors SCU PEPP
FG% 46.2% 40.4%
3PT% 33.6% 29.5%
REB / G 35.6 32.8
OREB / G 14.2 9.9
AST / TO 1.50 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 46.5%
TOV% 17.3% 19.5%
ORB% 40.8% 29.0%
FT Rate 19.1% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 20.5% 16.6%
DRB% 68.2% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 31.6% 21.6%

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