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UAB Blazers
71 65
FINAL Conference
Rice Owls
American Conference · Bartow Arena · February 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -8.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money UAB -440 / RICE +340
Model Predictions
Spread Total UAB win
Actual UAB +6 136 Won
Massey UAB -11.1 (-5.1)
Massey Totals 155.9 (-19.9)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 89%
Efficiency Plus ML UAB -9.4 (-3.4) 154.0 (-18.0) 81%
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -9.4 (-3.4) 150.1 (-14.1) 83%
Baseline ML UAB -9.5 (-3.5) 151.9 (-15.9) 82%
Baseline Plus ML UAB -9.8 (-3.8) 153.3 (-17.3) 80%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 20, 2025 UAB 9089 RICE
Feb 22, 2024 RICE 9471 UAB
Mar 10, 2023 UAB 8760 RICE
Feb 24, 2023 UAB 8557 RICE
Jan 28, 2023 UAB 7052 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UAB RICE
Overall 20-12 13-18
Conference 11-7 7-11
Home 8-9 8-8
Away 10-2 4-9
Neutral 2-1 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 W1
Avg Pts For 78.2 72.0
Avg Pts Against 74.4 76.8
Massey 3.1 (#118) -5.0 (#245)
Bradley-Terry 0.26 (#143) -0.74 (#234)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.39 (#134) -1.14 (#251)
RPI 0.503 (#174) 0.451 (#267)
Shooting & Four Factors UAB RICE
FG% 44.2% 40.9%
3PT% 28.2% 35.6%
REB / G 40.3 36.9
OREB / G 13.3 14.1
AST / TO 1.50 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 48.4%
TOV% 12.9% 18.6%
ORB% 33.4% 36.1%
FT Rate 26.9% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 16.7%
DRB% 73.3% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 30.0%

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