He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Evansville Purple Aces
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FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Ford Center · January 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UIC -5.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money EVAN +210 / UIC -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total EVAN win
Actual UIC +11 145 Lost
Massey UIC -6.1 (-4.9)
Massey Totals 141.6 (+3.4)
Bradley-Terry 16%
Weighted B-T 19%
Efficiency Plus ML UIC -6.3 (-4.7) 140.0 (+5.0) 27%
Baseline Tuned ML UIC -6.3 (-4.7) 137.9 (+7.1) 26%
Baseline ML UIC -5.5 (-5.5) 139.3 (+5.7) 30%
Baseline Plus ML UIC -5.3 (-5.7) 139.8 (+5.2) 28%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 19, 2026 UIC 8446 EVAN
Jan 21, 2026 UIC 7649 EVAN
Feb 22, 2025 UIC 8277 EVAN
Feb 22, 2024 UIC 8879 EVAN
Feb 1, 2024 EVAN 7760 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EVAN UIC
Overall 11-21 17-14
Conference 8-12 10-10
Home 7-9 9-5
Away 4-11 7-6
Neutral 0-1 1-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 65.1 74.1
Avg Pts Against 71.4 75.3
Massey -7.5 (#287) 2.0 (#127)
Bradley-Terry -1.25 (#278) 1.00 (#93)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.27 (#257) 0.88 (#106)
RPI 0.436 (#290) 0.570 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors EVAN UIC
FG% 41.0% 45.7%
3PT% 28.7% 34.3%
REB / G 31.2 37.9
OREB / G 7.3 11.8
AST / TO 1.00 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.4% 52.4%
TOV% 18.3% 19.1%
ORB% 21.1% 33.5%
FT Rate 20.2% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 15.3%
DRB% 69.4% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 23.9%

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