And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Big West Conference · Walter Pyramid · January 25, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCSB -4.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money LBSU +164 / UCSB -198
Model Predictions
Spread Total LBSU win
Actual UCSB +3 145 Lost
Massey UCSB -2.9 (-0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 153.1 (-8.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCSB -2.6 (-0.4) 146.1 (-1.1) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCSB -4.1 (+1.1) 144.1 (+0.9) 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCSB -2.5 (-0.5) 146.8 (-1.8) 39% ✓
Baseline ML UCSB -2.4 (-0.6) 148.4 (-3.4) 40% ✓

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 5, 2025 UCSB 84 – 77 LBSU
Feb 23, 2025 UCSB 58 – 56 LBSU
Feb 2, 2025 UCSB 85 – 54 LBSU
Mar 8, 2024 UCSB 76 – 74 LBSU
Jan 14, 2024 UCSB 85 – 76 LBSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LBSU UCSB
Overall 10-22 18-14
Conference 6-14 11-9
Home 7-9 11-4
Away 3-13 5-8
Neutral 0-0 2-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak W1 L3
Avg Pts For 73.2 76.7
Avg Pts Against 79.0 73.7
Massey -4.8 (#243) 1.4 (#146)
Bradley-Terry -0.82 (#241) 0.10 (#157)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.88 (#228) 0.05 (#161)
RPI 0.443 (#275) 0.501 (#179)
Shooting & Four Factors LBSU UCSB
FG% 44.6% 48.2%
3PT% 31.8% 39.1%
REB / G 32.1 33.3
OREB / G 9.6 10.2
AST / TO 1.01 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 56.6%
TOV% 17.8% 18.5%
ORB% 27.3% 32.5%
FT Rate 21.3% 29.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.4% 54.3%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 17.9%
DRB% 71.9% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 32.4% 33.2%

Game Analysis

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