And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Temple Owls
48 – 65
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Liacouras Center · December 16, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -4.0 Away covered
O/U 136.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual UCF +17 113 Lost
Massey UCF -2.4 (-14.6) — —
Massey Totals — 137.1 (-24.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.5 (-15.5) 137.2 (-24.2) 51% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -1.7 (-15.3) 135.0 (-22.0) 40% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -1.2 (-15.8) 139.8 (-26.8) 47% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -1.3 (-15.7) 138.0 (-25.0) 45% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 3, 2023 TEM 57 – 55 UCF
Jan 28, 2023 TEM 77 – 70 UCF
Jan 6, 2022 TEM 66 – 62 UCF
Jan 14, 2021 TEM 62 – 55 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM UCF
Overall 17-12 18-12
Conference 10-7 9-9
Home 11-3 13-3
Away 5-6 4-8
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.8 69.8
Avg Pts Against 66.4 68.2
Massey 0.2 (#173) 7.3 (#64)
Bradley-Terry 0.62 (#132) 1.60 (#63)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.30 (#160) 2.36 (#57)
RPI 0.534 (#121) 0.550 (#99)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM UCF
FG% 41.2% 46.6%
3PT% 28.5% 35.9%
REB / G 39.4 33.5
OREB / G 11.9 10.5
AST / TO 0.97 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 54.2%
TOV% 17.5% 21.3%
ORB% 32.2% 32.9%
FT Rate 26.4% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 24.4%
DRB% 71.4% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.8% 23.3%

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