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2026-01-07

Model Predictions

Model California Golden Bears Virginia Cavaliers Spread Result
Elo 10.3% 89.7% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 14.2% 85.8% - ✓
Margin 9.6% 90.4% +12.3 ✓ (11.7 off)
Pythagorean 40.4% 59.6% - ✓
Points Off/Def 42.4% 57.6% - ✓

Actual: Virginia Cavaliers +24 (84-60). Predictions use season-end ratings.

California Golden Bears

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
D. Ames 32 4-10 0-3 10-10 2 1 1 0 1 18 11 -17.7
Justin Pippen 31 5-12 2-5 5-6 1 3 5 0 1 17 13 -16.2
John Camden 30 5-8 1-4 4-5 6 2 1 1 4 15 13 -6.8
S. Carr 23 2-6 0-2 0-1 8 2 0 0 0 4 8 -11.2
Chris Bell 22 0-6 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -6 -13.2
Lee Dort 15 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 0 -1 -12.7
Mantas Kocanas 13 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 1 4 5 +0.6
Milos Ilic 12 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 -9.2
Nolan Dorsey 12 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -11.9
DJ Campbell 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -4.3

Virginia Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Sam Lewis 33 4-12 0-7 4-4 2 4 0 1 1 12 6 +14.9
Malik Thomas 25 7-12 4-8 2-4 4 3 0 2 1 20 16 +13.7
Chance Mallory 25 3-4 1-2 1-2 2 7 3 1 2 8 15 +19.1
Dallin Hall 24 2-4 2-4 0-0 6 2 1 0 2 6 9 +9.2
Thijs De Ridder 24 5-8 1-2 1-4 4 4 0 0 0 12 12 +18.3
Johann Grünloh 21 4-6 1-2 3-4 8 2 0 1 0 12 17 -
Ugonna Onyenso 18 4-9 0-1 4-5 9 0 1 4 2 12 15 +9.6
Devin Tillis 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 0 -1 +9.9
Martin Carrere 7 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 +5.5
Elijah Gertrude 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 +1.0
Owen Odom 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Desmond Roberts 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Carter Lang 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1.1

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