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(16) Howard Bison
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(16) UMBC Retrievers
UD Arena (Neutral) · March 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -1.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money HOW -112 / UMBC -108
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +3 169 Won
Massey UMBC -0.3 (+3.3)
Massey Totals 141.1 (+27.9)
Bradley-Terry 41%
Weighted B-T 38%
Efficiency Plus ML HOW -2.0 (+1.0) 142.5 (+26.5) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -0.7 (+2.3) 139.5 (+29.5) 50%
Baseline ML HOW -0.6 (+2.4) 141.8 (+27.2) 48%
Baseline Plus ML HOW -0.1 (+2.9) 140.7 (+28.3) 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

Nov 25, 2024 UMBC 9577 HOW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW UMBC
Overall 24-11 24-9
Conference 11-3 14-2
Home 11-4 15-2
Away 7-6 9-6
Neutral 6-1 0-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 75.7
Avg Pts Against 69.4 68.5
Massey -2.1 (#202) -1.8 (#198)
Bradley-Terry -0.69 (#235) -0.32 (#207)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.90 (#236) -0.41 (#203)
RPI 0.501 (#175) 0.506 (#155)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW UMBC
FG% 44.7% 47.0%
3PT% 34.7% 35.9%
REB / G 36.0 34.6
OREB / G 12.2 8.0
AST / TO 1.11 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 53.9%
TOV% 19.9% 14.1%
ORB% 36.6% 25.1%
FT Rate 32.8% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 21.2% 15.2%
DRB% 68.0% 74.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.6% 17.0%

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