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
UTEP Miners
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FINAL Conference
UAB Blazers
Conference USA · Don Haskins Center · February 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -6.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money UTEP +188 / UAB -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual UAB +13 145 Lost
Massey UAB -5.7 (-7.3)
Massey Totals 146.2 (-1.2)
Bradley-Terry 34%
Weighted B-T 23%
Efficiency Plus ML UAB -5.3 (-7.7) 140.9 (+4.1) 26%
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -6.0 (-7.0) 144.1 (+0.9) 29%
Baseline ML UAB -5.3 (-7.7) 145.5 (-0.5) 26%
Baseline Plus ML UAB -5.2 (-7.8) 146.2 (-1.2) 29%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 25, 2025 UAB 7559 UTEP
Dec 30, 2022 UAB 7973 UTEP
Feb 27, 2022 UAB 6966 UTEP
Dec 31, 2021 UAB 7562 UTEP
Feb 6, 2021 UAB 7560 UTEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTEP UAB
Overall 14-18 29-10
Conference 7-13 14-6
Home 11-7 17-2
Away 3-10 7-5
Neutral 0-1 5-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.9 80.0
Avg Pts Against 69.4 70.7
Massey -0.6 (#187) 8.7 (#61)
Bradley-Terry -0.10 (#187) 1.22 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.24 (#190) 1.70 (#67)
RPI 0.500 (#180) 0.542 (#102)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP UAB
FG% 44.1% 44.8%
3PT% 26.8% 36.6%
REB / G 35.3 41.4
OREB / G 11.2 14.2
AST / TO 0.73 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.2% 50.5%
TOV% 22.4% 17.9%
ORB% 32.1% 37.2%
FT Rate 23.9% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 22.9% 19.7%
DRB% 72.4% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 22.7%

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