Four young chiquitas in Omaha waitin' for the band to return from the show. "We're an American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
Big 12 Conference · Hope Coliseum · March 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money WVU -198 / UCF +164
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WVU +15 139 Won
Massey WVU -2.1 (+12.9)
Massey Totals 144.9 (-5.9)
Bradley-Terry 41%
Weighted B-T 42%
Efficiency Plus ML WVU -3.1 (+11.9) 138.6 (+0.4) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML WVU -2.4 (+12.6) 138.6 (+0.4) 61%
Baseline ML WVU -2.2 (+12.8) 138.4 (+0.6) 63%
Baseline Plus ML WVU -2.0 (+13.0) 139.7 (-0.7) 60%

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 14, 2026 WVU 7467 UCF
Mar 8, 2025 WVU 7265 UCF
Feb 21, 2024 WVU 7767 UCF
Jan 24, 2024 UCF 7259 WVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU UCF
Overall 21-14 21-12
Conference 9-9 9-9
Home 15-3 14-5
Away 3-6 5-5
Neutral 3-5 2-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak W3 L2
Avg Pts For 70.6 80.7
Avg Pts Against 65.7 78.4
Massey 10.1 (#60) 11.0 (#53)
Bradley-Terry 1.66 (#62) 2.53 (#32)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.35 (#54) 3.26 (#32)
RPI 0.533 (#106) 0.589 (#35)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU UCF
FG% 44.2% 47.8%
3PT% 33.1% 38.2%
REB / G 34.8 36.7
OREB / G 10.7 12.1
AST / TO 1.17 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 54.4%
TOV% 17.2% 15.9%
ORB% 31.3% 34.6%
FT Rate 23.5% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 15.7%
DRB% 71.8% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 25.8%

Game Analysis

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