This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Sun Belt Conference · Fant-Ewing Coliseum · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UL -1.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money ULM +100 / UL -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total ULM win
Actual UL +5 125 Lost
Massey ULM -2.1 (-7.1) — —
Massey Totals — 143.4 (-18.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 32% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ULM -0.2 (-5.2) 139.8 (-14.8) 46% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UL -1.2 (-3.8) 139.0 (-14.0) 37% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UL -0.9 (-4.1) 141.9 (-16.9) 37% ✓
Baseline ML UL -0.4 (-4.6) 140.7 (-15.7) 40% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 9, 2026 UL 85 – 79 ULM
Dec 20, 2025 UL 76 – 62 ULM
Mar 5, 2025 UL 73 – 69 ULM
Jan 12, 2025 UL 71 – 68 ULM
Feb 23, 2024 ULM 66 – 59 UL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ULM UL
Overall 7-25 12-21
Conference 3-15 8-10
Home 5-11 5-12
Away 2-12 6-5
Neutral 0-2 1-4
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 66.1 64.9
Avg Pts Against 76.9 73.3
Massey -13.5 (#349) -11.9 (#340)
Bradley-Terry -3.32 (#359) -1.87 (#320)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.14 (#358) -2.38 (#319)
RPI 0.335 (#363) 0.428 (#297)
Shooting & Four Factors ULM UL
FG% 39.8% 40.1%
3PT% 31.7% 31.1%
REB / G 35.2 30.4
OREB / G 11.4 9.5
AST / TO 0.95 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.4% 46.1%
TOV% 18.2% 16.0%
ORB% 30.1% 26.3%
FT Rate 20.2% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.7% 53.4%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 18.0%
DRB% 68.2% 64.4%
Opp FT Rate 18.6% 32.9%

Game Analysis

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