The name is Big Daddy, yes big not little. "Ain't No Half Steppin'" - Big Daddy Kane
Mountain West Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money GCU -265 / CSU +215
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual CSU +10 130 Lost
Massey GCU -2.7 (-12.7)
Massey Totals 141.9 (-11.9)
Bradley-Terry 61%
Weighted B-T 52%
Efficiency Plus ML GCU -2.5 (-12.5) 139.6 (-9.6) 66%
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -1.6 (-11.6) 141.3 (-11.3) 67%
Baseline ML GCU -2.9 (-12.9) 141.4 (-11.4) 64%
Baseline Plus ML GCU -2.2 (-12.2) 140.5 (-10.5) 68%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU CSU
Overall 20-12 21-13
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 13-4 12-6
Away 6-5 6-5
Neutral 1-3 3-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.6 74.8
Avg Pts Against 68.7 71.6
Massey 5.8 (#104) 6.8 (#91)
Bradley-Terry 0.98 (#99) 1.15 (#88)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.22 (#101) 1.84 (#77)
RPI 0.529 (#114) 0.560 (#80)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU CSU
FG% 44.8% 50.8%
3PT% 30.5% 42.7%
REB / G 37.3 32.8
OREB / G 11.6 8.8
AST / TO 1.08 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 61.4%
TOV% 17.9% 17.7%
ORB% 34.7% 31.6%
FT Rate 31.2% 30.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 13.7%
DRB% 75.9% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.7% 21.0%

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