Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
East Carolina Pirates
60 – 64
FINAL Conference
UCF Knights
American Conference · Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum · March 5, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -1.5 Away covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money ECU +125 / UCF -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total ECU win
Actual UCF +4 124 Lost
Massey UCF -0.9 (-3.1) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (-10.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 39% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -1.1 (-2.9) 135.8 (-11.8) 40% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -0.1 (-3.9) 135.0 (-11.0) 40% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -0.3 (-3.7) 137.4 (-13.4) 49% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -0.7 (-3.3) 136.2 (-12.2) 37% ✓

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 ECU UCF
Overall 8-11 11-12
Conference 2-10 8-10
Home 7-6 6-3
Away 1-4 4-8
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 65.4 67.2
Avg Pts Against 68.3 69.4
Massey 0.8 (#148) 4.2 (#110)
Bradley-Terry 0.34 (#145) 1.20 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.56 (#133) 1.64 (#77)
RPI 0.486 (#196) 0.550 (#80)
Shooting & Four Factors ECU UCF
FG% 41.1% 43.1%
3PT% 30.5% 36.3%
REB / G 34.7 33.0
OREB / G 10.0 9.6
AST / TO 1.15 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 50.4%
TOV% 19.4% 21.8%
ORB% 27.6% 29.0%
FT Rate 23.1% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 21.1% 19.8%
DRB% 71.8% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 28.7% 23.4%

Game Analysis

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