Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Cincinnati Bearcats
92 – 72
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
Big 12 Conference · Fifth Third Arena · February 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -4.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money CIN -192 / UCF +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total CIN win
Actual CIN +20 164 Won
Massey CIN -0.7 (+19.3) — —
Massey Totals — 146.0 (+18.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 14% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CIN -0.6 (+19.4) 141.7 (+22.3) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CIN -1.4 (+18.6) 139.7 (+24.3) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -0.2 (+20.2) 137.2 (+26.8) 48% ✗
Baseline ML CIN -0.2 (+19.8) 138.1 (+25.9) 55% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 11, 2026 UCF 66 – 65 CIN
Jan 11, 2026 UCF 73 – 72 CIN
Apr 3, 2025 UCF 88 – 80 CIN
Feb 6, 2025 CIN 93 – 83 UCF
Feb 17, 2024 CIN 76 – 74 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CIN UCF
Overall 18-15 21-12
Conference 9-9 9-9
Home 15-3 14-5
Away 2-8 5-5
Neutral 1-4 2-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.1 80.7
Avg Pts Against 67.6 78.4
Massey 9.3 (#65) 11.5 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 0.97 (#88) 3.29 (#18)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.63 (#75) 3.99 (#23)
RPI 0.522 (#127) 0.629 (#18)
Shooting & Four Factors CIN UCF
FG% 41.7% 47.6%
3PT% 30.4% 37.8%
REB / G 37.4 37.9
OREB / G 11.2 12.9
AST / TO 1.31 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 54.3%
TOV% 17.7% 16.3%
ORB% 30.3% 36.6%
FT Rate 20.1% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 16.2%
DRB% 74.1% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 25.1%

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