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2026-01-04

Model Predictions

Model California Golden Bears NC State Wolfpack Spread Result
Elo 41.2% 58.8% -
Bradley-Terry 28.5% 71.5% -
Margin 12.3% 87.7% +10.8 (0.2 off)
Pythagorean 44.3% 55.7% -
Efficiency 22.1% 77.9% -
Adjusted Efficiency 14.4% 85.6% -
Log Adjusted 13.8% 86.2% -
Points Off/Def 27.4% 72.6% -

Actual: NC State Wolfpack +11 (71-60). Predictions use season-end ratings.

California Golden Bears

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
L. Twidale 40 5-17 3-11 3-4 3 4 1 0 2 16 5 +0.8
T. Barnes 40 6-15 1-7 2-2 11 0 3 0 2 15 12 -0.8
G. Maul 38 3-5 1-3 2-2 13 0 0 1 3 9 15 -1.5
M. Sheppard 35 0-4 0-1 0-2 3 5 0 1 4 0 1 +14.9
N. Ojukwu 21 7-8 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 3 14 7 +4.7
S. Walker 19 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 1 0 2 2 6 7 -5.7
L. Donez 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -3 -9.0
G. McCallop 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2.5

NC State Wolfpack

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Q. Samuels 40 5-11 1-7 2-3 6 2 3 0 0 13 13 +2.6
Z. Jones 37 5-13 2-6 0-0 3 7 1 1 0 12 11 +4.4
K. Pierre 36 9-15 0-0 3-4 7 4 1 0 2 21 16 +11.3
M. Cox 36 0-5 0-1 1-2 5 2 2 1 1 1 5 +1.5
Z. Brooks 35 8-16 0-1 3-4 4 3 4 0 3 19 11 -4.8
D. Lunan 10 1-2 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 +6.9
M. Collier 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 +0.2

* = starter