Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Ohio State Buckeyes
67 – 60
FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
UCLA Bruins
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money OSU -133 / UCLA +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +7 127 Won
Massey OSU -7.0 (-0.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.1 (-8.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OSU -5.9 (+1.1) 133.6 (-6.6) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OSU -5.8 (+1.2) 131.9 (-4.9) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -6.5 (+0.5) 137.3 (-10.3) 74% ✓
Baseline ML OSU -5.8 (+1.2) 137.5 (-10.5) 73% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 17, 2026 OSU 86 – 74 UCLA
Feb 23, 2025 UCLA 69 – 61 OSU
Dec 19, 2020 OSU 77 – 70 UCLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU UCLA
Overall 22-14 16-17
Conference 9-11 10-10
Home 15-5 9-7
Away 2-8 5-6
Neutral 5-1 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 65.7
Avg Pts Against 70.2 66.0
Massey 11.9 (#30) 4.8 (#96)
Bradley-Terry 1.36 (#73) 0.10 (#166)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#55) 0.15 (#168)
RPI 0.587 (#54) 0.458 (#246)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU UCLA
FG% 47.2% 44.0%
3PT% 40.4% 32.3%
REB / G 38.6 34.0
OREB / G 12.8 9.7
AST / TO 1.46 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 47.9%
TOV% 16.4% 16.0%
ORB% 38.1% 30.6%
FT Rate 28.3% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 19.9%
DRB% 70.3% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 18.3% 24.4%

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