They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Big West Conference · The Thunderdome · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HAW -2.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money UCSB +120 / HAW -142
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCSB win
Actual UCSB +15 139 Won
Massey HAW -5.9 (+20.9) — —
Massey Totals — 143.3 (-4.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 38% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 29% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HAW -5.2 (+20.2) 140.7 (-1.7) 32% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HAW -2.9 (+17.9) 139.5 (-0.5) 44% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HAW -5.5 (+20.5) 139.6 (-0.6) 31% ✗
Baseline ML HAW -4.6 (+19.6) 141.1 (-2.1) 29% ✗

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 22, 2026 HAW 78 – 75 UCSB
Feb 9, 2025 UCSB 76 – 72 HAW
Jan 3, 2025 UCSB 64 – 61 HAW
Feb 17, 2024 UCSB 77 – 71 HAW
Jan 26, 2024 UCSB 78 – 61 HAW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCSB HAW
Overall 18-14 24-9
Conference 11-9 14-6
Home 11-4 16-3
Away 5-8 6-5
Neutral 2-2 2-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 78.7
Avg Pts Against 73.7 71.2
Massey -1.6 (#192) 7.7 (#85)
Bradley-Terry -0.09 (#180) 0.96 (#96)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.24 (#192) 1.28 (#95)
RPI 0.490 (#195) 0.517 (#140)
Shooting & Four Factors UCSB HAW
FG% 46.4% 46.8%
3PT% 38.1% 31.6%
REB / G 33.3 39.3
OREB / G 10.3 10.9
AST / TO 1.15 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 52.9%
TOV% 18.8% 19.5%
ORB% 31.8% 32.9%
FT Rate 31.1% 30.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 43.0%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 17.9%
DRB% 72.2% 74.5%
Opp FT Rate 34.4% 22.9%

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