But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Bender Arena · December 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread AMER -5.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money AMER -200 / UMBC +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total AMER win
Actual UMBC +3 189 Lost
Massey AMER -4.1 (-7.1)
Massey Totals 151.6 (+37.4)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 94%
Baseline Plus ML AMER -3.9 (-6.9) 147.9 (+41.1) 65%
Efficiency Plus ML AMER -2.8 (-5.8) 146.8 (+42.2) 60%
Baseline Tuned ML AMER -4.0 (-7.0) 147.1 (+41.9) 66%
Baseline ML AMER -3.6 (-6.6) 148.5 (+40.5) 67%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 30, 2023 AMER 8785 UMBC
Nov 24, 2021 UMBC 9867 AMER

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AMER UMBC
Overall 22-13 13-19
Conference 13-5 5-11
Home 14-2 8-9
Away 5-10 5-10
Neutral 2-1 0-0
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 67.8 77.3
Avg Pts Against 68.5 80.6
Massey -5.3 (#260) -5.1 (#254)
Bradley-Terry 0.11 (#163) -1.71 (#309)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.05 (#170) -1.87 (#286)
RPI 0.520 (#134) 0.419 (#309)
Shooting & Four Factors AMER UMBC
FG% 42.5% 45.7%
3PT% 33.7% 38.5%
REB / G 28.4 30.5
OREB / G 8.0 7.1
AST / TO 0.89 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 53.2%
TOV% 19.6% 16.5%
ORB% 24.8% 20.6%
FT Rate 22.7% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 18.7%
DRB% 69.9% 65.1%
Opp FT Rate 29.9% 21.9%

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