They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big West Conference · Premier America Credit Union Arena · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CSUN -2.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money CSUN -135 / UCSB +114
Model Predictions
Spread Total CSUN win
Actual CSUN +9 139 Won
Massey CSUN -0.2 (+8.8) — —
Massey Totals — 166.0 (-27.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 54% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CSUN -0.6 (+8.4) 153.3 (-14.3) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CSUN -0.5 (+8.5) 151.4 (-12.4) 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CSUN -0.9 (+8.1) 155.4 (-16.4) 55% ✓
Baseline ML CSUN -0.9 (+8.1) 156.1 (-17.1) 55% ✓

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 20, 2026 CSUN 85 – 83 UCSB
Mar 14, 2025 UCSB 78 – 72 CSUN
Mar 2, 2025 CSUN 103 – 77 UCSB
Jan 31, 2025 CSUN 78 – 71 UCSB
Mar 14, 2024 CSUN 87 – 84 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CSUN UCSB
Overall 20-14 18-14
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 12-3 11-4
Away 7-8 5-8
Neutral 1-3 2-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 80.6 76.7
Avg Pts Against 81.3 73.7
Massey -3.7 (#224) -0.1 (#169)
Bradley-Terry -0.07 (#180) 0.16 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.34 (#188) 0.21 (#158)
RPI 0.493 (#192) 0.490 (#197)
Shooting & Four Factors CSUN UCSB
FG% 44.8% 46.9%
3PT% 33.2% 38.9%
REB / G 37.8 34.0
OREB / G 11.7 10.8
AST / TO 1.14 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 55.1%
TOV% 18.6% 19.4%
ORB% 31.4% 33.9%
FT Rate 24.9% 30.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 54.7%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 17.7%
DRB% 73.1% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 28.2% 34.1%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.