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UCF Knights
66 65 OT
FINAL Neutral Conference Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats
Big 12 Conference · T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · March 11, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money UCF +130 / CIN -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +1 131 Won
Massey CIN -2.3 (+3.3)
Massey Totals 149.2 (-18.2)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 58%
Efficiency Plus ML UCF -0.2 (+0.8) 144.9 (-13.9) 51%
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -1.0 (+2.0) 147.0 (-16.0) 47%
Baseline ML CIN -2.1 (+3.1) 146.6 (-15.6) 46%
Baseline Plus ML CIN -0.8 (+1.8) 147.3 (-16.3) 46%

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 8, 2026 CIN 9272 UCF
Jan 11, 2026 UCF 7372 CIN
Apr 3, 2025 UCF 8880 CIN
Feb 6, 2025 CIN 9383 UCF
Feb 17, 2024 CIN 7674 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF CIN
Overall 21-12 18-15
Conference 9-9 9-9
Home 14-5 15-3
Away 5-5 2-8
Neutral 2-2 1-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.7 73.1
Avg Pts Against 78.4 67.6
Massey 10.6 (#56) 12.9 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 2.43 (#33) 1.89 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.12 (#36) 2.78 (#43)
RPI 0.584 (#40) 0.551 (#75)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF CIN
FG% 47.4% 43.4%
3PT% 37.8% 33.7%
REB / G 36.8 37.0
OREB / G 12.2 11.2
AST / TO 1.44 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.0% 50.7%
TOV% 15.8% 16.7%
ORB% 34.6% 30.9%
FT Rate 23.2% 19.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 18.4%
DRB% 71.6% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 26.2% 21.5%

Game Analysis

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