I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
UCF Knights
69 – 66
FINAL Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Addition Financial Arena · February 20, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -9.0 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money UCF -475 / ECU +380
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +3 135 Won
Massey UCF -9.1 (-6.1) — —
Massey Totals — 143.7 (-8.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -8.3 (-5.3) 142.8 (-7.8) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -9.0 (-6.0) 141.6 (-6.6) 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -8.3 (-5.3) 143.4 (-8.4) 79% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -8.4 (-5.4) 142.4 (-7.4) 80% ✓

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 5, 2023 UCF 84 – 58 ECU
Jan 5, 2023 UCF 64 – 61 ECU
Jan 19, 2022 UCF 92 – 85 ECU
Mar 12, 2021 UCF 72 – 62 ECU
Mar 5, 2021 UCF 64 – 60 ECU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF ECU
Overall 18-12 15-15
Conference 9-9 6-11
Home 13-3 12-4
Away 4-8 2-7
Neutral 1-1 1-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.8 68.8
Avg Pts Against 68.2 70.9
Massey 5.7 (#95) -0.7 (#179)
Bradley-Terry 1.25 (#83) 0.28 (#152)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.62 (#80) 0.18 (#158)
RPI 0.540 (#106) 0.490 (#194)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF ECU
FG% 42.6% 41.0%
3PT% 34.8% 33.6%
REB / G 35.3 36.0
OREB / G 11.2 10.4
AST / TO 1.02 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 47.5%
TOV% 20.0% 19.1%
ORB% 31.6% 28.6%
FT Rate 20.6% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 21.4% 18.4%
DRB% 69.6% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.4% 21.5%

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