He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Temple Owls
62 – 55
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 14, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -2.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money TEM +140 / UCF -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +7 117 Won
Massey UCF -4.0 (+11.0) — —
Massey Totals — 133.5 (-16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 7% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.6 (+8.6) 135.0 (-18.0) 43% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -0.7 (+7.7) 135.8 (-18.8) 49% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -1.5 (+8.5) 137.9 (-20.9) 42% ✗
Baseline ML UCF -2.0 (+9.0) 136.6 (-19.6) 41% ✗

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
Dec 16, 2021 UCF 65 – 48 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM UCF
Overall 5-11 11-12
Conference 4-10 8-10
Home 3-5 6-3
Away 2-5 4-8
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 1-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.8 67.2
Avg Pts Against 68.8 69.4
Massey 0.3 (#159) 7.1 (#75)
Bradley-Terry -0.28 (#191) 1.97 (#56)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.08 (#179) 3.07 (#47)
RPI 0.526 (#125) 0.619 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM UCF
FG% 36.6% 41.7%
3PT% 32.2% 34.8%
REB / G 37.5 33.2
OREB / G 12.0 8.7
AST / TO 0.94 0.73
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 42.9% 47.7%
TOV% 19.3% 19.8%
ORB% 30.4% 25.6%
FT Rate 30.8% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 21.3%
DRB% 68.0% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 23.2%

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