The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
UCF Knights
72 – 62
FINAL Neutral Conference Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -3.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money UCF -163 / ECU +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +10 134 Won
Massey UCF -4.3 (+5.7) — —
Massey Totals — 133.8 (+0.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -3.7 (+6.3) 136.7 (-2.7) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -2.6 (+7.4) 134.1 (-0.1) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -3.9 (+6.1) 135.7 (-1.7) 69% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -4.2 (+5.8) 135.9 (-1.9) 68% ✓

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 5, 2021 UCF 64 – 60 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 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 67.2 65.4
Avg Pts Against 69.4 68.3
Massey 4.0 (#109) -0.3 (#171)
Bradley-Terry 1.17 (#78) -0.00 (#177)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#80) 0.16 (#167)
RPI 0.556 (#67) 0.463 (#241)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF ECU
FG% 43.1% 40.3%
3PT% 36.1% 30.3%
REB / G 33.0 34.6
OREB / G 9.4 9.8
AST / TO 0.82 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 45.3%
TOV% 21.7% 19.0%
ORB% 28.4% 26.9%
FT Rate 21.8% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 19.8% 20.5%
DRB% 68.4% 72.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 27.0%

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