In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
UMBC Retrievers
86 – 92
FINAL Conference
Bryant Bulldogs
America East Conference · Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · January 31, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BRY -5.5 Away covered
O/U 168.5 Over
Money UMBC +175 / BRY -210
Model Predictions
Spread Total UMBC win
Actual BRY +6 178 Lost
Massey BRY -2.7 (-3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 173.1 (+4.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BRY -2.0 (-4.0) 162.0 (+16.0) 40% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BRY -3.8 (-2.2) 165.2 (+12.8) 27% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BRY -2.0 (-4.0) 163.8 (+14.2) 34% ✓
Baseline ML BRY -1.9 (-4.1) 164.7 (+13.3) 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

Feb 26, 2026 UMBC 70 – 58 BRY
Jan 15, 2026 BRY 79 – 74 UMBC
Mar 8, 2025 BRY 85 – 74 UMBC
Feb 15, 2025 BRY 81 – 79 UMBC
Feb 2, 2024 BRY 99 – 95 UMBC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UMBC BRY
Overall 13-19 23-12
Conference 5-11 14-2
Home 8-9 12-3
Away 5-10 10-7
Neutral 0-0 1-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 77.3 79.8
Avg Pts Against 80.6 74.9
Massey -5.8 (#255) 0.2 (#161)
Bradley-Terry -1.05 (#263) -0.19 (#192)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.20 (#250) 0.22 (#155)
RPI 0.444 (#269) 0.514 (#154)
Shooting & Four Factors UMBC BRY
FG% 47.9% 44.7%
3PT% 37.7% 35.3%
REB / G 31.0 39.3
OREB / G 6.8 12.6
AST / TO 1.23 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 50.9%
TOV% 16.2% 17.1%
ORB% 20.5% 32.8%
FT Rate 24.1% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 16.8%
DRB% 66.5% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 24.1%

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