And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Liberty Flames
80 69
FINAL Conference
UTEP Miners
Conference USA · Liberty Arena (VA) · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LIB -13.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money LIB -1350 / UTEP +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LIB win
Actual LIB +11 149 Won
Massey LIB -15.0 (-4.0)
Massey Totals 139.1 (+9.9)
Bradley-Terry 97%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML LIB -12.0 (-1.0) 135.7 (+13.3) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML LIB -12.5 (-1.5) 135.9 (+13.1) 88%
Baseline ML LIB -12.5 (-1.5) 136.7 (+12.3) 87%
Baseline Plus ML LIB -11.9 (-0.9) 135.7 (+13.3) 85%

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 14, 2026 LIB 7364 UTEP
Mar 12, 2025 LIB 8160 UTEP
Feb 16, 2025 LIB 7669 UTEP
Jan 17, 2025 UTEP 7270 LIB
Mar 14, 2024 UTEP 6657 LIB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LIB UTEP
Overall 26-8 11-20
Conference 17-3 7-13
Home 14-2 9-7
Away 11-3 2-11
Neutral 1-3 0-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.8 66.4
Avg Pts Against 72.2 72.7
Massey 5.2 (#103) -6.3 (#264)
Bradley-Terry 1.67 (#62) -1.31 (#280)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.89 (#73) -1.53 (#268)
RPI 0.597 (#38) 0.449 (#264)
Shooting & Four Factors LIB UTEP
FG% 50.3% 40.4%
3PT% 38.9% 31.3%
REB / G 29.6 31.6
OREB / G 6.4 10.4
AST / TO 1.82 0.89
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.0% 46.5%
TOV% 13.9% 18.2%
ORB% 20.9% 29.0%
FT Rate 20.7% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 18.8%
DRB% 64.7% 65.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 31.3%

Game Analysis

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