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Utah Tech at California

Saturday, November 14, 2026, 5:00 PM ET at Haas Pavilion. Utah Tech our rank 283 · 1-2; California our rank 105 · 2-2.

Who will win Utah Tech vs California?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives California a 93% chance to beat Utah Tech, with a projected score of California 87, Utah Tech 71.

To winCalifornia 93%Utah Tech 7%
Projected score71–87Utah Tech, then California
Margin16.6California · no line posted
Total158.3no line posted
First half33–42California ahead 81%
Utah Tech by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40California by 50Model: California by 16.6Utah Tech by 10by 10by 30California by 50Model: California by 16.6

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
California
IndrusaitisG · 29 min16.24.22.415+ 56%
CooperG · 26 min16.02.62.115+ 55%
RossG · 28 min10.43.04.810+ 51%
WilkinsF · 24 min10.04.71.110+ 48%
Utah Tech
PotterF · 26 min14.67.31.815+ 46%
GibsonG · 25 min14.43.41.915+ 45%
RodriguezG · 24 min10.22.81.210+ 50%
Brown Jr.G · 27 min9.72.12.610+ 46%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Jake Wilkins: Utah Tech 10%California 90%

The white mark is the call with him: California 93%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsCalifornia without himChangeProjected score
California
Jake Wilkins2.090%−372–86
Jordan Ross1.691%−272–87
Nojus Indrusaitis1.691%−272–87
Michael Cooper1.391%−272–87
Utah Tech
Ethan Potter1.594%+170–88

Change is in California's win chance, in points. Scores read Utah Tech, then California. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Utah Tech 1-2LWL

    1. Nov 10L 86-118at Utah StateDidn't cover +25.5 · Over 156.5
    2. Nov 4W 103-52vs Grace University
    3. Nov 2L 60-100at New Mexico
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 83.0 and allowing 90.0
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 0 under

    California 2-2WWLL

    1. Nov 11L 65-77vs USCDidn't cover +8.5 · Under 159.5
    2. Nov 8L 68-86vs HoustonCovered +19.5 · Over 142.5
    3. Nov 4W 84-70vs Radford
    4. Nov 2W 115-86vs Adams State
    Last 4
    2–2, scoring 83.0 and allowing 79.8
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    Utah TechCalifornia
    Points scored per 100 possessions102.6 205th109.8 93rd
    Points allowed per 100114.9 336th105.4 120th
    Possessions a game71.5 103rd71.2 133rd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)51.5% 104th50.3% 201st
    Opponents' shooting52.4% 309th51.0% 218th
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.2% 86th17.8% 154th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses29.3% 317th29.2% 319th
    Free throws per shot0.23 321st0.22 348th

    The widest gap: California's offense (93rd) against Utah Tech's defense (336th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Utah Tech 33, California 42
    First-half margin
    California by 9.1
    First-half points, both teams
    74.3
    Projected second half
    Utah Tech 38, California 46
    Second-half points, both teams
    84.0
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Utah Tech, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 3 · 41.7 scored, 38.7 allowed
    California, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 4 · 43.2 scored, 39.0 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Utah Tech

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Mark Brown Jr.G279.72.12.61.5
    10+ pts 46% · 2+ reb 56% · 3+ ast 46%
    Ethan PotterF2614.67.31.80.4
    15+ pts 46% · 8+ reb 44% · 2+ ast 50%
    Owen MackayG267.72.72.11.3
    10+ pts 31% · 3+ reb 47% · 2+ ast 59%
    Christian GibsonG2514.43.41.91.9
    15+ pts 45% · 2+ ast 54% · 2+ threes 51%
    Aris RodriguezG2410.22.81.21.6
    10+ pts 50% · 3+ reb 49% · 2+ threes 43%
    Preston VandermydeG203.51.90.60.8
    5+ pts 30% · 2+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 52%
    Aaron BlissNA153.72.70.90.4
    5+ pts 33% · 3+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 29%

    California

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Nojus IndrusaitisG2916.24.22.42.5
    15+ pts 56% · 4+ reb 56% · 3+ threes 42%
    Jordan RossG2810.43.04.80.4
    10+ pts 51% · 3+ reb 54% · 5+ ast 51%
    Michael CooperG2616.02.62.12.4
    15+ pts 55% · 3+ reb 46% · 2+ ast 58%
    Jake WilkinsF2410.04.71.11.1
    10+ pts 48% · 5+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 61%
    Mantas KocanasC225.64.60.70.3
    5+ pts 52% · 5+ reb 46% · 1+ threes 28%
    Sammie YeanayF209.34.41.31.0
    10+ pts 43% · 5+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 59%
    Semetri CarrG184.63.93.70.5
    5+ pts 41% · 4+ reb 50% · 4+ ast 48%
    Jovani RuffG165.91.90.90.4
    5+ pts 54% · 2+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 33%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

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