Putting Up Numbers· men's college basketball

UC Santa Barbara’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UC Santa Barbara was 5.0 points over at home and 3.6 points under away over its last 60 games, 24 games against 25. The plain averages are 82.3 and 70.0, a difference of 12.4.

UC Santa Barbara’s +8.6 at home vs away over expected ranks 2nd of the 365 teams with 6 games on each side over their last 60 games.

points a game over expected

A +8.6 difference in points over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +12.4 difference in points at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

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UC Santa Barbara’s games, last 60 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Dec 5, 2024vsUC San DiegoL7664.0
Dec 7, 2024@UC DavisL6068.8
Dec 14, 2024vsGreen BayW8381.0
Dec 18, 2024@Loyola MarymountL5868.5
Dec 22, 2024@Missouri StateL5669.5
Dec 28, 2024vsWWestcliffW89—
Jan 2, 2025@Hawai'iW6470.2
Jan 9, 2025vsCal State BakersfieldW7875.5
Jan 11, 2025@Cal PolyW7581.2
Jan 16, 2025vsUC RiversideW6675.9
Jan 18, 2025vsUC DavisL6071.7
Jan 23, 2025@UC San DiegoL6361.8
Jan 25, 2025@Cal State FullertonW8374.9
Jan 30, 2025vsCal State NorthridgeL7176.2
Feb 1, 2025vsLong Beach StateW8574.3
Feb 6, 2025@Cal State BakersfieldW8172.4
Feb 8, 2025vsHawai'iW7672.4
Feb 13, 2025@UC IrvineL6065.7
Feb 15, 2025@UC RiversideL6972.9
Feb 20, 2025vsCal State FullertonW8677.6
Feb 22, 2025@Long Beach StateW5873.1
Feb 27, 2025vsCal PolyW9682.9
Mar 1, 2025@Cal State NorthridgeL7772.9
Mar 8, 2025vsUC IrvineL8867.0
Mar 12, 2025vsCal State Bakersfield (neutral)W7174.5
Mar 13, 2025vsCal State Northridge (neutral)W7874.3
Mar 14, 2025vsUC San Diego (neutral)L5164.0
Nov 4, 2025vsSSan Francisco StateW98—
Nov 8, 2025vsSan José StateW8577.4
Nov 11, 2025@Sacramento StateW9280.7
Nov 17, 2025vsLoyola MarymountL7474.0
Nov 22, 2025@NevadaL6469.0
Nov 24, 2025vsNNobelW84—
Nov 28, 2025vsLehigh (neutral)W7279.0
Nov 29, 2025vsSeattle U (neutral)W7467.4
Dec 4, 2025vsLong Beach StateW8479.0
Dec 6, 2025vsCal State BakersfieldW10982.5
Dec 13, 2025vsUtah Valley (neutral)L5374.1
Dec 17, 2025@Green BayL6474.5
Dec 22, 2025vsPortlandW7977.7
Jan 1, 2026@Cal State FullertonL8479.0
Jan 3, 2026@Cal State NorthridgeL6581.1
Jan 8, 2026vsUC DavisL8676.5
Jan 15, 2026@Cal State BakersfieldW7582.1
Jan 17, 2026vsHawai'iW7773.0
Jan 22, 2026vsCal PolyW10784.4
Jan 24, 2026@Long Beach StateW7477.1
Jan 29, 2026@UC San DiegoW6270.1
Jan 31, 2026vsCal State FullertonW8381.6
Feb 5, 2026@UC DavisL7574.6
Feb 7, 2026vsUC IrvineW8469.9
Feb 12, 2026@UC RiversideW7676.5
Feb 14, 2026@Cal PolyL7983.6
Feb 19, 2026vsCal State NorthridgeL8382.6
Feb 21, 2026@Hawai'iL7570.5
Feb 26, 2026vsUC RiversideW7079.5
Feb 28, 2026@UC IrvineL6068.8
Mar 7, 2026vsUC San DiegoL6372.6
Mar 11, 2026vsUC Davis (neutral)L7376.0
Nov 2, 2026vsSSan Francisco StateW85—

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 1.5 in 2024-25, plus 1.4 in 2025-26, plus 0.0 in 2026-27 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 90% in 2024-25, 90% in 2025-26, NaN% in 2026-27 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Westcliff, San Francisco State, Nobel, San Francisco State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.