In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Western Athletic Conference · Burns Arena · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UTU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money UTU -162 / TAR +136
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTU win
Actual UTU +4 146 Won
Massey UTU -0.1 (+3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 160.2 (-14.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 50% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UTU -0.1 (+3.9) 149.1 (-3.1) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTU -0.2 (+3.8) 147.4 (-1.4) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTU -0.9 (+3.1) 149.5 (-3.5) 53% ✓
Baseline ML UTU -0.3 (+3.7) 149.7 (-3.7) 54% ✓

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 21, 2026 UTU 80 – 72 TAR
Jan 31, 2026 UTU 65 – 59 TAR
Jan 31, 2025 TAR 61 – 54 UTU
Jan 12, 2025 UTU 58 – 54 TAR
Mar 1, 2024 TAR 85 – 74 UTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTU TAR
Overall 19-15 14-18
Conference 11-7 5-13
Home 11-3 10-6
Away 6-10 4-11
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 74.7 72.5
Avg Pts Against 77.0 75.8
Massey -3.0 (#212) 0.3 (#159)
Bradley-Terry -0.27 (#197) 0.31 (#142)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.32 (#195) 0.80 (#114)
RPI 0.498 (#181) 0.509 (#159)
Shooting & Four Factors UTU TAR
FG% 45.1% 46.9%
3PT% 31.1% 37.1%
REB / G 32.6 31.1
OREB / G 10.1 10.2
AST / TO 1.06 0.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 51.6%
TOV% 18.4% 19.6%
ORB% 28.9% 30.9%
FT Rate 20.0% 35.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 56.4%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 24.4%
DRB% 66.2% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.1% 34.7%

Game Analysis

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