In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
(7) UCLA Bruins
75 71
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) UCF Knights
Xfinity Mobile Arena (Neutral) · March 20, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCLA -5.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money UCLA -250 / UCF +205
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual UCLA +4 146 Won
Massey UCLA -4.6 (-0.6)
Massey Totals 154.8 (-8.8)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 53%
Baseline Plus ML UCLA -3.3 (+0.7) 147.2 (-1.2) 66%
Model 4 ML UCLA -2.9 (+1.1) 145.9 (+0.1) 63%
Model 3 ML UCLA -4.8 (-0.8) 146.9 (-0.9) 70%
Baseline ML UCLA -5.0 (-1.0) 147.7 (-1.7) 69%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA UCF
Overall 24-12 21-12
Conference 13-7 9-9
Home 17-1 14-5
Away 4-6 5-5
Neutral 3-5 2-2
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.1 80.7
Avg Pts Against 71.1 78.4
Massey 15.0 (#33) 10.5 (#55)
Bradley-Terry 2.62 (#29) 2.52 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.27 (#32) 3.16 (#35)
RPI 0.582 (#36) 0.578 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA UCF
FG% 47.1% 46.6%
3PT% 38.2% 36.2%
REB / G 32.3 37.2
OREB / G 10.0 12.4
AST / TO 1.84 1.41
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 52.8%
TOV% 13.4% 15.7%
ORB% 31.1% 34.4%
FT Rate 25.4% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 15.8%
DRB% 67.6% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.1% 26.2%

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