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Western Athletic Conference · Global Credit Union Arena · February 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -11.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money GCU -800 / UTA +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +14 156 Won
Massey GCU -11.3 (+2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 154.1 (+1.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 91% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -10.7 (+3.3) 148.9 (+7.1) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -11.2 (+2.8) 150.0 (+6.0) 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -10.4 (+3.6) 150.4 (+5.6) 85% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -10.8 (+3.2) 149.2 (+6.8) 85% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 13, 2025 GCU 98 – 75 UTA
Feb 15, 2025 GCU 82 – 75 UTA
Mar 17, 2024 GCU 89 – 74 UTA
Jan 27, 2024 GCU 67 – 61 UTA
Dec 3, 2023 GCU 76 – 69 UTA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU UTA
Overall 26-8 13-18
Conference 13-3 6-10
Home 16-1 9-4
Away 5-4 3-11
Neutral 5-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 77.6 73.0
Avg Pts Against 70.0 75.7
Massey 4.9 (#96) -3.2 (#221)
Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#87) -0.71 (#235)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.01 (#102) -0.80 (#231)
RPI 0.541 (#100) 0.467 (#246)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU UTA
FG% 44.7% 44.6%
3PT% 32.1% 36.3%
REB / G 37.2 35.6
OREB / G 11.1 11.2
AST / TO 0.98 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 52.2%
TOV% 19.0% 19.1%
ORB% 32.2% 32.3%
FT Rate 32.3% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 16.5%
DRB% 72.6% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 25.3%

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