Sometimes we're not prepared for adversity. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - The Cannonball Adderley Quartet
UCF Knights
71 – 64
FINAL Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Addition Financial Arena · January 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -5.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money UCF -225 / ECU +230
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +7 135 Won
Massey UCF -7.9 (-0.9) — —
Massey Totals — 128.1 (+6.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -7.4 (-0.4) 129.9 (+5.1) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -4.7 (+2.3) 128.3 (+6.7) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -6.2 (+0.8) 130.2 (+4.8) 75% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -7.1 (-0.1) 129.8 (+5.2) 75% ✓

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
Feb 20, 2022 UCF 69 – 66 ECU
Jan 19, 2022 UCF 92 – 85 ECU
Mar 12, 2021 UCF 72 – 62 ECU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF ECU
Overall 11-12 8-11
Conference 8-10 2-10
Home 6-3 7-6
Away 4-8 1-4
Neutral 1-1 0-1
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 67.2 65.4
Avg Pts Against 69.4 68.3
Massey 5.5 (#97) 0.1 (#159)
Bradley-Terry 1.38 (#76) 0.65 (#128)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.23 (#65) 0.84 (#126)
RPI 0.557 (#81) 0.537 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF ECU
FG% 40.4% 40.9%
3PT% 33.7% 32.6%
REB / G 34.1 35.9
OREB / G 10.1 9.9
AST / TO 0.74 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.2% 46.2%
TOV% 20.7% 19.9%
ORB% 28.9% 27.0%
FT Rate 24.1% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 21.2%
DRB% 67.5% 73.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 25.7%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.