I love it when you call me Big Poppa "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
Utah Valley Wolverines
89 – 45
FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Samford Bulldogs
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UVU -7.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money UVU -360 / SAM +285
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVU win
Actual UVU +44 134 Won
Massey UVU -7.9 (+36.1) — —
Massey Totals — 154.0 (-20.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UVU -5.3 (+38.7) 144.8 (-10.8) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UVU -5.0 (+39.0) 144.9 (-10.9) 73% ✓
Baseline ML UVU -4.6 (+39.4) 147.3 (-13.3) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UVU -4.7 (+39.3) 147.5 (-13.5) 74% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 28, 2024 SAM 84 – 76 UVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UVU SAM
Overall 25-9 18-14
Conference 14-4 11-7
Home 15-1 11-3
Away 6-7 6-9
Neutral 4-1 1-2
Last 5 2-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 77.8
Avg Pts Against 70.8 77.0
Massey 4.1 (#113) -3.8 (#237)
Bradley-Terry 0.38 (#149) -0.68 (#234)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.52 (#105) -1.21 (#246)
RPI 0.542 (#120) 0.477 (#212)
Shooting & Four Factors UVU SAM
FG% 49.8% 41.8%
3PT% 33.3% 33.6%
REB / G 33.8 36.5
OREB / G 10.0 10.5
AST / TO 1.05 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 50.1%
TOV% 20.2% 12.9%
ORB% 31.0% 27.2%
FT Rate 23.8% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 14.3%
DRB% 70.9% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 31.5% 24.3%

Game Analysis

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