Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
UMBC Retrievers
69 – 79
FINAL Conference
Vermont Catamounts
America East Conference · Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · March 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UVM -8.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money UMBC +280 / UVM -360
Model Predictions
Spread Total UMBC win
Actual UVM +10 148 Lost
Massey UVM -0.2 (-9.8) — —
Massey Totals — 142.9 (+5.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 34% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UVM -1.5 (-8.5) 138.8 (+9.2) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UVM -1.9 (-8.1) 140.7 (+7.3) 28% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UVM -0.8 (-9.2) 139.3 (+8.7) 30% ✓
Baseline ML UVM -0.8 (-9.2) 139.5 (+8.5) 30% ✓

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 14, 2026 UMBC 74 – 59 UVM
Feb 19, 2026 UMBC 75 – 62 UVM
Jan 30, 2026 UVM 64 – 55 UMBC
Jan 25, 2025 UMBC 80 – 63 UVM
Feb 10, 2024 UVM 72 – 70 UMBC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UMBC UVM
Overall 13-19 21-12
Conference 5-11 13-3
Home 8-9 13-3
Away 5-10 7-8
Neutral 0-0 1-1
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 77.3 64.5
Avg Pts Against 80.6 65.0
Massey -8.3 (#299) -4.9 (#245)
Bradley-Terry -1.58 (#312) -0.24 (#190)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.68 (#290) -0.39 (#197)
RPI 0.440 (#294) 0.525 (#131)
Shooting & Four Factors UMBC UVM
FG% 48.2% 41.5%
3PT% 37.7% 32.3%
REB / G 30.1 33.1
OREB / G 6.4 8.7
AST / TO 1.20 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 48.5%
TOV% 16.3% 17.0%
ORB% 19.6% 25.8%
FT Rate 22.6% 21.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.1% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 16.6%
DRB% 66.7% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 20.0%

Game Analysis

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