Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
UCF Knights
88 75
FINAL Neutral AutoNation Orange Bowl Basketball Classic
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Amerant Bank Arena (Neutral) · December 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -10.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money UCF -700 / TLSA +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +13 163 Won
Massey UCF -11.7 (+1.3)
Massey Totals 151.3 (+11.7)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 98%
Baseline Plus ML UCF -10.5 (+2.5) 149.6 (+13.4) 84%
Baseline ML UCF -10.7 (+2.3) 146.5 (+16.5) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -10.3 (+2.7) 146.3 (+16.7) 85%
Efficiency Plus ML UCF -12.5 (+0.5) 149.9 (+13.1) 84%

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 26, 2023 UCF 6849 TLSA
Feb 12, 2023 UCF 9652 TLSA
Mar 6, 2022 TLSA 7372 UCF
Feb 15, 2022 UCF 7667 TLSA
Mar 3, 2021 UCF 7369 TLSA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF TLSA
Overall 20-17 13-20
Conference 7-13 6-12
Home 13-5 8-9
Away 2-8 3-8
Neutral 5-4 2-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.8 70.1
Avg Pts Against 80.4 74.2
Massey 3.1 (#116) -8.6 (#314)
Bradley-Terry 1.83 (#53) -1.49 (#298)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.53 (#57) -1.59 (#269)
RPI 0.609 (#38) 0.397 (#325)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF TLSA
FG% 42.0% 39.9%
3PT% 32.1% 28.4%
REB / G 39.8 38.1
OREB / G 13.1 12.0
AST / TO 1.19 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 46.6%
TOV% 17.3% 17.1%
ORB% 34.4% 29.8%
FT Rate 30.9% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 20.1% 17.1%
DRB% 67.8% 66.6%
Opp FT Rate 18.9% 24.3%

Game Analysis

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