He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Temple Owls
57 – 55
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Liacouras Center · March 3, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money TEM -115 / UCF -111
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +2 112 Won
Massey UCF -1.9 (+3.9) — —
Massey Totals — 136.0 (-24.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 55% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -2.3 (+4.3) 137.9 (-25.9) 40% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -3.2 (+5.2) 139.2 (-27.2) 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -3.2 (+5.2) 140.6 (-28.6) 40% ✗
Baseline ML UCF -2.4 (+4.4) 141.9 (-29.9) 41% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 28, 2023 TEM 77 – 70 UCF
Jan 6, 2022 TEM 66 – 62 UCF
Dec 16, 2021 UCF 65 – 48 TEM
Jan 14, 2021 TEM 62 – 55 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM UCF
Overall 16-16 19-15
Conference 10-8 8-10
Home 9-7 11-6
Away 5-6 5-7
Neutral 2-3 3-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 71.5
Avg Pts Against 70.2 65.5
Massey 3.3 (#120) 8.7 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 0.47 (#129) 0.86 (#98)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.54 (#130) 1.21 (#91)
RPI 0.523 (#134) 0.537 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM UCF
FG% 43.0% 42.7%
3PT% 33.7% 36.3%
REB / G 35.0 35.2
OREB / G 9.4 11.9
AST / TO 1.03 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 50.4%
TOV% 20.0% 19.7%
ORB% 28.0% 34.3%
FT Rate 26.4% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 22.0%
DRB% 70.6% 68.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 23.7%

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