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UCF Knights
75 – 70
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Addition Financial Arena · December 22, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -2.5 Home covered
O/U 139.0 Over
Money UCF +130 / CIN -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +5 145 Won
Massey UCF -8.5 (-3.5) — —
Massey Totals — 134.2 (+10.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -6.3 (-1.3) 139.1 (+5.9) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -4.0 (+1.0) 137.8 (+7.2) 66% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -4.4 (+0.6) 140.2 (+4.8) 73% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -6.3 (-1.3) 139.4 (+5.6) 70% ✓

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 11, 2026 UCF 66 – 65 CIN
Feb 8, 2026 CIN 92 – 72 UCF
Jan 11, 2026 UCF 73 – 72 CIN
Apr 3, 2025 UCF 88 – 80 CIN
Feb 6, 2025 CIN 93 – 83 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF CIN
Overall 11-12 12-11
Conference 8-10 8-6
Home 6-3 5-5
Away 4-8 5-5
Neutral 1-1 2-1
Last 5 2-1 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.2 68.9
Avg Pts Against 69.4 72.1
Massey 6.9 (#72) 2.9 (#112)
Bradley-Terry 3.46 (#11) -0.46 (#198)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.68 (#9) -0.64 (#188)
RPI 0.812 (#2) 0.548 (#99)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF CIN
FG% 40.4% 43.9%
3PT% 35.6% 24.8%
REB / G 33.7 34.0
OREB / G 9.3 9.8
AST / TO 0.76 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.5% 48.6%
TOV% 19.5% 21.1%
ORB% 26.9% 27.4%
FT Rate 28.1% 18.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 21.9% 20.0%
DRB% 64.0% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 33.1%

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