Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Big 12 Conference · Hope Coliseum · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money WVU -340 / UCF +270
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WVU +7 137 Won
Massey WVU -9.2 (-2.2)
Massey Totals 148.0 (-11.0)
Bradley-Terry 77%
Weighted B-T 81%
Efficiency Plus ML WVU -6.1 (+0.9) 147.8 (-10.8) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML WVU -7.6 (-0.6) 143.4 (-6.4) 78%
Baseline ML WVU -8.1 (-1.1) 143.7 (-6.7) 78%
Baseline Plus ML WVU -7.8 (-0.8) 148.1 (-11.1) 78%

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 7, 2026 WVU 7762 UCF
Feb 14, 2026 WVU 7467 UCF
Feb 21, 2024 WVU 7767 UCF
Jan 24, 2024 UCF 7259 WVU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU UCF
Overall 19-13 20-17
Conference 10-10 7-13
Home 13-4 13-5
Away 4-7 2-8
Neutral 2-2 5-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.2 79.8
Avg Pts Against 64.8 80.4
Massey 12.7 (#43) 6.8 (#83)
Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#48) 1.43 (#68)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.39 (#52) 1.60 (#77)
RPI 0.571 (#55) 0.539 (#103)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU UCF
FG% 42.6% 42.1%
3PT% 32.7% 33.0%
REB / G 33.0 36.8
OREB / G 8.7 12.5
AST / TO 1.32 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 48.8%
TOV% 15.8% 16.9%
ORB% 25.2% 32.8%
FT Rate 18.7% 28.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 18.0%
DRB% 69.2% 66.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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