Let fury have the hour / Anger can be power. "Clampdown" - The Clash
UCF Knights
65 – 78
FINAL Conference
SMU Mustangs
American Conference · Addition Financial Arena · January 23, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money UCF +210 / SMU -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual SMU +13 143 Lost
Massey SMU -1.5 (-11.5) — —
Massey Totals — 140.8 (+2.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 50% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMU -0.2 (-12.8) 138.4 (+4.6) 55% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -0.9 (-12.1) 136.1 (+6.9) 47% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -0.3 (-13.3) 137.5 (+5.5) 54% ✗
Baseline ML UCF -0.4 (-13.4) 136.8 (+6.2) 50% ✗

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 9, 2023 UCF 76 – 70 SMU
Jan 8, 2023 UCF 85 – 53 SMU
Jan 2, 2022 SMU 72 – 60 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF SMU
Overall 11-12 11-6
Conference 8-10 7-4
Home 6-3 6-2
Away 4-8 5-2
Neutral 1-1 0-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.2 74.6
Avg Pts Against 69.4 68.1
Massey 6.3 (#88) 10.6 (#44)
Bradley-Terry 1.60 (#68) 2.21 (#38)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.61 (#52) 3.18 (#34)
RPI 0.570 (#68) 0.571 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF SMU
FG% 40.7% 46.4%
3PT% 33.3% 35.9%
REB / G 34.2 39.6
OREB / G 9.6 11.0
AST / TO 0.70 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.5% 53.1%
TOV% 21.2% 18.1%
ORB% 28.0% 31.0%
FT Rate 25.6% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 20.2%
DRB% 66.6% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 22.6% 21.0%

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