I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
UCF Knights
71 – 66
FINAL Conference
Wichita State Shockers
American Conference · Addition Financial Arena · February 9, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -1.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +5 137 Won
Massey UCF -1.0 (+4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.2 (+1.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 62% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.7 (+3.3) 136.1 (+0.9) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -1.6 (+3.4) 134.6 (+2.4) 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -1.8 (+3.2) 136.2 (+0.8) 59% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -1.4 (+3.6) 137.1 (-0.1) 57% ✓

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 9, 2023 UCF 72 – 67 WICH
Dec 29, 2022 UCF 52 – 45 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 UCF WICH
Overall 18-12 15-13
Conference 9-9 6-9
Home 13-3 11-6
Away 4-8 3-5
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.8 68.5
Avg Pts Against 68.2 66.4
Massey 5.3 (#98) 7.5 (#77)
Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#92) 1.04 (#97)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.50 (#88) 1.61 (#84)
RPI 0.546 (#95) 0.550 (#85)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF WICH
FG% 43.0% 39.8%
3PT% 34.5% 31.7%
REB / G 35.2 37.0
OREB / G 11.2 11.6
AST / TO 1.01 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 46.6%
TOV% 20.2% 19.3%
ORB% 32.0% 31.3%
FT Rate 21.3% 24.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 21.6% 21.0%
DRB% 69.2% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 21.8%

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