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
Belmont Bruins
92 – 87
FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -6.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money BEL -250 / UIC +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +5 179 Won
Massey BEL -5.1 (-0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 168.6 (+10.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BEL -2.5 (+2.5) 154.9 (+24.1) 62% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -2.8 (+2.2) 155.6 (+23.4) 68% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -2.4 (+2.6) 155.0 (+24.0) 64% ✓
Baseline ML BEL -2.2 (+2.8) 156.4 (+22.6) 59% ✓

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 7, 2026 BEL 68 – 62 UIC
Dec 13, 2025 BEL 87 – 84 UIC
Feb 18, 2024 BEL 75 – 60 UIC
Jan 27, 2024 BEL 74 – 65 UIC
Feb 11, 2023 BEL 98 – 71 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL UIC
Overall 22-11 17-14
Conference 13-7 10-10
Home 11-5 9-5
Away 9-4 7-6
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 74.1
Avg Pts Against 76.8 75.3
Massey 1.7 (#133) 0.7 (#146)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#94) 1.07 (#87)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.76 (#121) 0.90 (#115)
RPI 0.560 (#80) 0.575 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL UIC
FG% 46.8% 44.6%
3PT% 36.8% 34.7%
REB / G 34.5 37.5
OREB / G 9.3 12.3
AST / TO 1.54 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 51.3%
TOV% 15.9% 20.1%
ORB% 26.0% 34.9%
FT Rate 17.2% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.2% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 15.6%
DRB% 73.5% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 22.4%

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