They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Providence Friars
98 103 OT
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · Amica Mutual Pavilion · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -9.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money PROV +425 / CONN -575
Model Predictions
Spread Total PROV win
Actual CONN +5 201 Lost
Massey CONN -9.8 (+4.8)
Massey Totals 161.7 (+39.3)
Bradley-Terry 4%
Weighted B-T 1%
Efficiency Plus ML CONN -7.1 (+2.1) 148.4 (+52.6) 19%
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -8.2 (+3.2) 146.7 (+54.3) 19%
Baseline ML CONN -7.2 (+2.2) 148.0 (+53.0) 16%
Baseline Plus ML CONN -8.6 (+3.6) 148.3 (+52.7) 16%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 28, 2026 CONN 8781 PROV
Mar 1, 2025 CONN 7563 PROV
Jan 5, 2025 CONN 8784 PROV
Mar 10, 2024 CONN 7460 PROV
Feb 1, 2024 CONN 7465 PROV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PROV CONN
Overall 15-18 34-6
Conference 7-13 17-3
Home 10-6 15-2
Away 3-9 9-3
Neutral 2-3 10-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 85.3 76.6
Avg Pts Against 84.0 65.2
Massey 7.9 (#80) 21.4 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#93) 5.00 (#6)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.77 (#81) 7.04 (#7)
RPI 0.540 (#101) 0.669 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors PROV CONN
FG% 47.5% 49.3%
3PT% 35.0% 34.4%
REB / G 39.4 37.8
OREB / G 11.1 11.1
AST / TO 1.41 1.68
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 55.7%
TOV% 15.1% 16.2%
ORB% 30.8% 34.5%
FT Rate 27.3% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 41.6%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 18.9%
DRB% 67.0% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 28.9%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.