And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ohio State Buckeyes
77 – 70
FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
UCLA Bruins
Rocket Arena (Neutral) · December 19, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -2.0 Home covered
O/U 131.0 Over
Money OSU +105 / UCLA -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +7 147 Won
Massey UCLA -1.6 (+8.6) — —
Massey Totals — 147.0 (+0.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -1.0 (+8.0) 143.6 (+3.4) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCLA -0.3 (+7.3) 139.3 (+7.7) 50% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCLA -1.6 (+8.6) 144.2 (+2.8) 44% ✗
Baseline ML UCLA -1.2 (+8.2) 144.1 (+2.9) 45% ✗

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 16, 2023 OSU 67 – 60 UCLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU UCLA
Overall 21-10 22-10
Conference 12-8 13-6
Home 10-4 11-1
Away 7-4 5-6
Neutral 4-2 6-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 73.4
Avg Pts Against 71.1 68.4
Massey 6.9 (#68) 8.5 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 1.20 (#82) 1.47 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.49 (#95) 2.00 (#75)
RPI 0.538 (#112) 0.616 (#41)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU UCLA
FG% 43.2% 47.3%
3PT% 33.1% 35.5%
REB / G 37.2 39.3
OREB / G 12.5 10.2
AST / TO 1.37 1.41
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 53.5%
TOV% 14.1% 16.5%
ORB% 34.4% 30.3%
FT Rate 32.7% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 22.0% 19.5%
DRB% 71.2% 77.4%
Opp FT Rate 20.4% 18.9%

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