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UC Irvine v San Diego

Saturday, November 21, 2026, 4:30 PM ET at Acrisure Arena. UC Irvine our rank 103 · 3-0; San Diego our rank 196 · 2-1.

Who will win UC Irvine vs San Diego?

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

The model gives UC Irvine a 77% chance to beat San Diego, with a projected score of UC Irvine 80, San Diego 71.

To winUC Irvine 77%San Diego 23%
Projected score80–71UC Irvine, then San Diego
Margin8.5UC Irvine · no line posted
Total151.2no line posted
First half38–33UC Irvine ahead 67%
UC Irvine by 40by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10San Diego by 20Model: UC Irvine by 8.5UC Irvine by 40by 20EvenSan Diego by 20Model: UC Irvine by 8.5

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 70–80% have been right 74.5% of the time in 14,414 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
UC Irvine
Jester Jr.G · 21 min11.74.12.410+ 60%
CooperG · 25 min10.64.31.810+ 52%
IsaacG · 24 min9.03.23.810+ 41%
JohnsonG · 20 min8.72.51.710+ 38%
San Diego
HillG · 25 min14.03.42.415+ 43%
StromerG · 32 min11.94.01.610+ 61%
Worthy Jr.G · 25 min11.23.02.410+ 57%
HillF · 26 min9.43.00.510+ 44%

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 Nils Cooper: UC Irvine 71%San Diego 29%

The white mark is the call with him: UC Irvine 77%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsUC Irvine without himChangeProjected score
UC Irvine
Nils Cooper1.971%−679–72
Olivier Rioux1.672%−579–72
Jovan Jester Jr.1.573%−479–72
Tama Isaac0.974%−379–72
San Diego
Davion Hill0.879%+280–71
Sekou Konneh0.879%+280–71
Dusty Stromer0.778%+180–71
Jose Roberto Tanchyn0.678%+180–71

Change is in UC Irvine's win chance, in points. Scores read UC Irvine, then San Diego. 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

    UC Irvine 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 11W 90-40vs Lincoln (CA)
    2. Nov 7W 91-79vs San José StCovered −8.5 · Over 145.5
    3. Nov 3W 92-66vs Chapman
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 91.0 and allowing 61.7
    Against the spread, this season
    1–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 0 under

    San Diego 2-1WWL

    1. Nov 10L 75-83at ColoradoCovered +12.5 · Over 151.5
    2. Nov 6W 96-90vs Tarleton StDidn't cover −7.5 · Over 147.5
    3. Nov 2W 79-62vs Biola
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 83.3 and allowing 78.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    2 over, 0 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
    UC IrvineSan Diego
    Points scored per 100 possessions106.4 135th104.2 178th
    Points allowed per 100102.0 83rd110.6 244th
    Possessions a game71.8 79th70.9 171st
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.4% 186th49.7% 236th
    Opponents' shooting51.4% 247th53.6% 347th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.7% 255th17.2% 90th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses34.2% 46th33.2% 96th
    Free throws per shot0.27 150th0.28 84th

    The widest gap: UC Irvine's offense (135th) against San Diego's defense (244th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    UC Irvine 38, San Diego 33
    First-half margin
    UC Irvine by 4.7
    First-half points, both teams
    71.0
    Projected second half
    UC Irvine 42, San Diego 38
    Second-half points, both teams
    80.3
    Tied at the half
    4%
    UC Irvine, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 46.0 scored, 26.0 allowed
    San Diego, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 37.3 scored, 36.3 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

    UC Irvine

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Nils CooperG2510.64.31.80.5
    10+ pts 52% · 4+ reb 57% · 2+ ast 51%
    Tama IsaacG249.03.23.80.8
    10+ pts 41% · 4+ ast 50% · 1+ threes 52%
    Jovan Jester Jr.G2111.74.12.40.8
    10+ pts 60% · 4+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 53%
    Josiah JohnsonG208.72.51.70.6
    10+ pts 38% · 3+ reb 44% · 2+ ast 48%
    Olivier RiouxC185.15.50.40.0
    5+ pts 47% · 6+ reb 46%
    Langston RedfieldG163.51.51.20.4
    5+ pts 30% · 2+ reb 41% · 2+ ast 34%
    Nes EmenekeC142.04.40.40.0
    5+ pts 15% · 5+ reb 43%
    Luke IsaakG134.82.20.80.9
    5+ pts 44% · 2+ reb 59% · 1+ threes 56%

    San Diego

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Dusty StromerG3211.94.01.61.6
    10+ pts 61% · 4+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 45%
    Jevon HillF269.43.00.52.2
    10+ pts 44% · 3+ reb 53% · 2+ threes 58%
    Davion HillG2514.03.42.40.8
    15+ pts 43% · 4+ reb 42% · 1+ threes 53%
    Marqui Worthy Jr.G2511.23.02.41.2
    10+ pts 57% · 3+ reb 54% · 3+ ast 41%
    Jose Roberto TanchynF226.15.91.20.6
    5+ pts 56% · 6+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 41%
    Sekou KonnehF207.65.50.50.1
    10+ pts 31% · 6+ reb 45%
    Chace HolleyG197.42.51.90.4
    5+ pts 68% · 3+ reb 43% · 2+ ast 52%
    Terry McMorrisF184.34.20.80.1
    5+ pts 39% · 4+ reb 56% · 2+ ast 21%

    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

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