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
Grand Canyon Lopes
84 74
FINAL Conference
Utah State Aggies
Mountain West Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread USU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money GCU +210 / USU -258
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +10 158 Won
Massey USU -8.0 (+18.0)
Massey Totals 146.3 (+11.7)
Bradley-Terry 18%
Weighted B-T 16%
Baseline Plus ML USU -5.1 (+15.1) 141.9 (+16.1) 31%
Model 4 ML USU -6.3 (+16.3) 139.7 (+18.3) 25%
Model 3 ML USU -6.3 (+16.3) 141.6 (+16.4) 28%
Baseline ML USU -6.1 (+16.1) 142.8 (+15.2) 30%

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 1, 2026 USU 7469 GCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU USU
Overall 20-12 29-7
Conference 13-7 15-5
Home 13-4 14-1
Away 6-5 7-5
Neutral 1-3 8-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 81.4
Avg Pts Against 68.7 71.2
Massey 6.0 (#98) 17.5 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 0.94 (#97) 3.03 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.28 (#94) 3.56 (#31)
RPI 0.529 (#120) 0.645 (#16)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU USU
FG% 44.1% 52.1%
3PT% 29.8% 37.2%
REB / G 36.1 35.7
OREB / G 11.0 11.6
AST / TO 1.07 1.52
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 59.0%
TOV% 17.5% 17.0%
ORB% 32.8% 36.9%
FT Rate 28.1% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 22.1%
DRB% 75.4% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 28.3%

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