Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Big West Conference · Icardo Center · January 16, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCSB -7.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money CSUB +250 / UCSB -310
Model Predictions
Spread Total CSUB win
Actual UCSB +6 144 Lost
Massey UCSB -4.3 (-1.7) — —
Massey Totals — 154.1 (-10.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 49% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCSB -2.5 (-3.5) 146.5 (-2.5) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCSB -3.0 (-3.0) 143.8 (+0.2) 49% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCSB -2.8 (-3.2) 146.8 (-2.8) 41% ✓
Baseline ML UCSB -2.8 (-3.2) 146.1 (-2.1) 42% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 7, 2025 UCSB 109 – 84 CSUB
Mar 13, 2025 UCSB 71 – 66 CSUB
Feb 7, 2025 UCSB 81 – 75 CSUB
Jan 10, 2025 UCSB 78 – 66 CSUB
Feb 4, 2024 UCSB 70 – 59 CSUB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CSUB UCSB
Overall 8-24 18-14
Conference 2-18 11-9
Home 6-11 11-4
Away 1-13 5-8
Neutral 1-0 2-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L15 L3
Avg Pts For 72.0 76.7
Avg Pts Against 83.4 73.7
Massey -9.5 (#308) -1.7 (#191)
Bradley-Terry -0.88 (#247) -0.28 (#199)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.62 (#271) -0.41 (#200)
RPI 0.423 (#310) 0.469 (#233)
Shooting & Four Factors CSUB UCSB
FG% 40.9% 46.5%
3PT% 30.2% 38.0%
REB / G 34.9 33.4
OREB / G 12.3 10.3
AST / TO 0.73 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.3% 54.6%
TOV% 20.0% 18.9%
ORB% 33.6% 31.6%
FT Rate 32.2% 30.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 55.1%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 17.9%
DRB% 63.4% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 30.7% 35.0%

Game Analysis

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