I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
UCF Knights
73 – 72
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
Big 12 Conference · Addition Financial Arena · January 11, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCF -2.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money UCF -142 / CIN +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual UCF +1 145 Won
Massey UCF -7.0 (-6.0) — —
Massey Totals — 148.1 (-3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCF -6.2 (-5.2) 147.7 (-2.7) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCF -7.7 (-6.7) 143.3 (+1.7) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCF -6.7 (-5.7) 140.8 (+4.2) 77% ✓
Baseline ML UCF -7.4 (-6.4) 141.9 (+3.1) 75% ✓

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 11, 2026 UCF 66 – 65 CIN
Feb 8, 2026 CIN 92 – 72 UCF
Apr 3, 2025 UCF 88 – 80 CIN
Feb 6, 2025 CIN 93 – 83 UCF
Feb 17, 2024 CIN 76 – 74 UCF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF CIN
Overall 21-12 18-15
Conference 9-9 9-9
Home 14-5 15-3
Away 5-5 2-8
Neutral 2-2 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.7 73.1
Avg Pts Against 78.4 67.6
Massey 12.2 (#43) 8.6 (#73)
Bradley-Terry 3.37 (#16) 0.40 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.20 (#19) 0.90 (#113)
RPI 0.634 (#19) 0.505 (#161)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF CIN
FG% 48.2% 42.2%
3PT% 37.2% 31.8%
REB / G 40.3 39.0
OREB / G 14.4 11.3
AST / TO 1.46 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 49.7%
TOV% 15.8% 17.8%
ORB% 39.7% 29.8%
FT Rate 24.0% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 20.3%
DRB% 72.5% 76.4%
Opp FT Rate 28.5% 20.9%

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