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 · America First Events Center · January 24, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money SUU +380 / GCU -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total SUU win
Actual GCU +15 133 Lost
Massey GCU -7.8 (-7.2) — —
Massey Totals — 151.9 (-18.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 24% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -8.9 (-6.1) 145.7 (-12.7) 24% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -8.8 (-6.2) 149.1 (-16.1) 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -9.4 (-5.6) 150.8 (-17.8) 19% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -9.7 (-5.3) 148.2 (-15.2) 22% ✓

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 5, 2025 GCU 82 – 71 SUU
Feb 11, 2024 GCU 94 – 65 SUU
Jan 5, 2024 GCU 96 – 75 SUU
Mar 12, 2023 GCU 84 – 66 SUU
Mar 2, 2023 GCU 83 – 78 SUU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SUU GCU
Overall 12-19 26-8
Conference 4-12 13-3
Home 8-7 16-1
Away 3-11 5-4
Neutral 1-1 5-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 66.8 77.6
Avg Pts Against 75.3 70.0
Massey -5.5 (#258) 5.7 (#92)
Bradley-Terry -0.83 (#245) 0.92 (#98)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.01 (#242) 0.91 (#104)
RPI 0.449 (#261) 0.531 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors SUU GCU
FG% 44.3% 43.5%
3PT% 31.2% 33.2%
REB / G 34.2 37.2
OREB / G 9.5 11.5
AST / TO 0.79 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 49.3%
TOV% 22.0% 17.5%
ORB% 29.1% 32.0%
FT Rate 26.0% 33.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 21.5%
DRB% 66.1% 73.4%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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