I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
UMBC Retrievers
80 75
FINAL Conference
UAlbany Great Danes
America East Conference · Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · February 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UMBC -2.5 Home covered
O/U 173.5 Under
Money UMBC -163 / UALB +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total UMBC win
Actual UMBC +5 155 Won
Massey UMBC -0.0 (+5.0)
Massey Totals 176.2 (-21.2)
Bradley-Terry 35%
Weighted B-T 40%
Efficiency Plus ML UMBC -0.9 (+4.1) 164.5 (-9.5) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML UMBC -0.2 (+4.8) 166.3 (-11.3) 52%
Baseline ML UMBC -0.5 (+4.5) 166.2 (-11.2) 68%
Baseline Plus ML UMBC -0.5 (+4.5) 167.2 (-12.2) 63%

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 21, 2026 UMBC 6662 UALB
Feb 1, 2026 UMBC 6865 UALB
Feb 27, 2025 UALB 7874 UMBC
Jan 23, 2025 UMBC 9287 UALB
Feb 4, 2024 UMBC 114102 UALB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UMBC UALB
Overall 11-21 13-19
Conference 6-10 5-11
Home 6-9 7-5
Away 5-12 4-13
Neutral 0-0 2-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 78.5 78.0
Avg Pts Against 81.2 79.4
Massey -7.7 (#299) -4.3 (#247)
Bradley-Terry -1.98 (#332) -0.73 (#251)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.18 (#320) -1.09 (#263)
RPI 0.391 (#342) 0.480 (#212)
Shooting & Four Factors UMBC UALB
FG% 46.6% 43.9%
3PT% 36.7% 32.0%
REB / G 36.4 36.5
OREB / G 9.9 11.5
AST / TO 0.94 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 49.9%
TOV% 18.0% 18.3%
ORB% 26.7% 31.0%
FT Rate 16.7% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 14.5% 16.9%
DRB% 68.4% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 26.3%

Game Analysis

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