Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Rice Owls
52 – 70
FINAL Conference
UAB Blazers
Conference USA · Tudor Fieldhouse · January 28, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -1.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money RICE +100 / UAB -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICE win
Actual UAB +18 122 Lost
Massey UAB -2.9 (-15.1) — —
Massey Totals — 170.2 (-48.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 63% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UAB -1.5 (-16.5) 156.7 (-34.7) 45% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UAB -2.8 (-15.2) 153.9 (-31.9) 37% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -1.0 (-17.0) 155.8 (-33.8) 49% ✓
Baseline ML UAB -1.7 (-16.3) 155.9 (-33.9) 45% ✓

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 UAB 71 – 65 RICE
Feb 20, 2025 UAB 90 – 89 RICE
Feb 22, 2024 RICE 94 – 71 UAB
Mar 10, 2023 UAB 87 – 60 RICE
Feb 24, 2023 UAB 85 – 57 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RICE UAB
Overall 19-16 29-10
Conference 8-12 14-6
Home 11-7 17-2
Away 6-7 7-5
Neutral 2-2 5-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 80.0
Avg Pts Against 78.6 70.7
Massey 1.2 (#150) 7.6 (#70)
Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#87) 0.68 (#110)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.89 (#111) 1.09 (#102)
RPI 0.541 (#96) 0.529 (#126)
Shooting & Four Factors RICE UAB
FG% 47.6% 44.3%
3PT% 35.5% 35.2%
REB / G 35.2 41.3
OREB / G 8.4 14.5
AST / TO 1.12 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 49.7%
TOV% 19.3% 17.8%
ORB% 25.6% 37.4%
FT Rate 28.1% 29.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.5% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 20.6%
DRB% 74.4% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 14.8% 22.8%

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