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
Big West Conference · SRC Arena · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CSUF -3.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money UCR +130 / CSUF -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCR win
Actual UCR +9 153 Won
Massey CSUF -3.0 (+12.0) — —
Massey Totals — 163.6 (-10.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CSUF -2.6 (+11.6) 153.9 (-0.9) 39% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CSUF -0.7 (+9.7) 152.7 (+0.3) 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CSUF -3.1 (+12.1) 151.8 (+1.2) 39% ✗
Baseline ML CSUF -3.2 (+12.2) 152.3 (+0.7) 34% ✗

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 6, 2026 CSUF 78 – 72 UCR
Mar 9, 2025 UCR 64 – 59 CSUF
Dec 8, 2024 UCR 75 – 68 CSUF
Mar 8, 2024 UCR 84 – 74 CSUF
Feb 16, 2024 UCR 81 – 73 CSUF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCR CSUF
Overall 10-22 18-16
Conference 5-15 12-8
Home 7-7 10-4
Away 3-15 6-10
Neutral 0-0 2-2
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.6 80.3
Avg Pts Against 79.1 82.2
Massey -8.5 (#295) -2.1 (#196)
Bradley-Terry -1.02 (#255) -0.28 (#198)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.06 (#241) -0.13 (#179)
RPI 0.473 (#225) 0.498 (#179)
Shooting & Four Factors UCR CSUF
FG% 43.6% 43.7%
3PT% 32.2% 34.0%
REB / G 32.7 34.6
OREB / G 8.9 10.1
AST / TO 0.81 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 50.6%
TOV% 20.3% 15.1%
ORB% 26.2% 25.6%
FT Rate 26.3% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 56.1%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 19.1%
DRB% 69.0% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 27.4%

Game Analysis

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