Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
East Carolina Pirates
61 – 64
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum · January 5, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -5.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money ECU +220 / UCF -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total ECU win
Actual UCF +3 125 Lost
Massey UCF -5.8 (+2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 127.6 (-2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 34% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 19% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -4.5 (+1.5) 128.9 (-3.9) 36% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -5.0 (+2.0) 130.3 (-5.3) 30% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -3.6 (+0.6) 129.9 (-4.9) 33% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -4.5 (+1.5) 130.8 (-5.8) 35% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 5, 2023 UCF 84 – 58 ECU
Feb 20, 2022 UCF 69 – 66 ECU
Jan 19, 2022 UCF 92 – 85 ECU
Mar 12, 2021 UCF 72 – 62 ECU
Mar 5, 2021 UCF 64 – 60 ECU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ECU UCF
Overall 16-17 19-15
Conference 6-12 8-10
Home 10-6 11-6
Away 2-9 5-7
Neutral 4-2 3-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.8 71.5
Avg Pts Against 70.5 65.5
Massey -0.5 (#182) 9.6 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 0.28 (#146) 1.73 (#52)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.47 (#137) 2.82 (#34)
RPI 0.498 (#181) 0.586 (#47)
Shooting & Four Factors ECU UCF
FG% 42.0% 43.0%
3PT% 32.5% 35.5%
REB / G 38.1 37.1
OREB / G 12.6 12.7
AST / TO 1.08 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 50.1%
TOV% 18.5% 20.9%
ORB% 35.2% 37.2%
FT Rate 27.4% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 44.8%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 21.9%
DRB% 71.6% 67.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 19.5%

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