I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Wichita State Shockers
67 – 72
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Charles Koch Arena · February 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WICH -2.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money WICH -154 / UCF +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total WICH win
Actual UCF +5 139 Lost
Massey UCF -1.4 (-3.6) — —
Massey Totals — 130.1 (+8.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.2 (-3.8) 136.2 (+2.8) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -2.0 (-3.0) 135.9 (+3.1) 37% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -0.2 (-4.8) 136.4 (+2.6) 48% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -0.5 (-4.5) 136.4 (+2.6) 38% ✓

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 29, 2022 UCF 52 – 45 WICH
Feb 9, 2022 UCF 71 – 66 WICH
Jan 27, 2022 WICH 84 – 79 UCF
Feb 11, 2021 WICH 61 – 60 UCF
Jan 30, 2021 WICH 93 – 88 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WICH UCF
Overall 17-15 19-15
Conference 9-9 8-10
Home 8-9 11-6
Away 7-4 5-7
Neutral 2-2 3-2
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.0 71.5
Avg Pts Against 68.5 65.5
Massey 3.1 (#122) 8.1 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 0.24 (#148) 1.05 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.34 (#140) 1.38 (#77)
RPI 0.516 (#147) 0.553 (#84)
Shooting & Four Factors WICH UCF
FG% 42.8% 42.9%
3PT% 29.3% 36.3%
REB / G 36.5 36.6
OREB / G 10.1 12.1
AST / TO 1.00 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 50.2%
TOV% 17.3% 20.9%
ORB% 29.0% 35.4%
FT Rate 21.8% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.9% 47.2%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 20.7%
DRB% 70.7% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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