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Rice Owls
89 90
FINAL Conference
UAB Blazers
American Conference · Tudor Fieldhouse · February 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -4.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money RICE +160 / UAB -190
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICE win
Actual UAB +1 179 Lost
Massey UAB -0.9 (-0.1)
Massey Totals 155.7 (+23.3)
Bradley-Terry 44%
Weighted B-T 45%
Efficiency Plus ML UAB -1.4 (+0.4) 150.6 (+28.4) 36%
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -0.3 (-0.7) 150.9 (+28.1) 48%
Baseline ML UAB -0.4 (-0.6) 153.7 (+25.3) 45%
Baseline Plus ML UAB -0.5 (-0.5) 152.6 (+26.4) 43%

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 8, 2026 UAB 7165 RICE
Feb 22, 2024 RICE 9471 UAB
Mar 10, 2023 UAB 8760 RICE
Feb 24, 2023 UAB 8557 RICE
Jan 28, 2023 UAB 7052 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RICE UAB
Overall 13-19 24-13
Conference 4-14 13-5
Home 7-8 14-4
Away 4-8 7-6
Neutral 2-3 3-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 70.4 81.4
Avg Pts Against 70.3 76.6
Massey -1.0 (#178) 3.1 (#114)
Bradley-Terry -0.51 (#217) 0.33 (#147)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.48 (#201) 0.40 (#140)
RPI 0.460 (#254) 0.520 (#141)
Shooting & Four Factors RICE UAB
FG% 42.4% 46.1%
3PT% 34.5% 34.1%
REB / G 38.5 40.0
OREB / G 12.2 14.6
AST / TO 0.97 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 51.1%
TOV% 18.6% 14.6%
ORB% 33.7% 38.8%
FT Rate 30.5% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 15.2%
DRB% 71.2% 71.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.8% 22.2%

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