Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Vermont Catamounts
64 – 55
FINAL Conference
UMBC Retrievers
America East Conference · Patrick Gymnasium · January 30, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UVM -8.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money UVM -395 / UMBC +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total UVM win
Actual UVM +9 119 Won
Massey UVM -6.1 (+2.9) — —
Massey Totals — 147.7 (-28.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UVM -4.6 (+4.4) 139.1 (-20.1) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UVM -5.1 (+3.9) 138.5 (-19.5) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UVM -5.8 (+3.2) 140.3 (-21.3) 70% ✓
Baseline ML UVM -4.6 (+4.4) 140.4 (-21.4) 66% ✓

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
Mar 1, 2025 UVM 79 – 69 UMBC
Jan 25, 2025 UMBC 80 – 63 UVM
Feb 10, 2024 UVM 72 – 70 UMBC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UVM UMBC
Overall 22-12 24-9
Conference 12-4 14-2
Home 13-3 15-2
Away 8-7 9-6
Neutral 1-2 0-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 75.7
Avg Pts Against 68.8 68.5
Massey -2.8 (#205) -5.8 (#255)
Bradley-Terry -0.29 (#200) -1.10 (#265)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.35 (#195) -1.52 (#268)
RPI 0.488 (#206) 0.441 (#281)
Shooting & Four Factors UVM UMBC
FG% 46.0% 47.2%
3PT% 33.8% 35.7%
REB / G 34.3 33.2
OREB / G 8.6 7.6
AST / TO 1.30 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 54.1%
TOV% 14.4% 15.8%
ORB% 26.4% 23.8%
FT Rate 22.2% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 13.9% 14.8%
DRB% 76.5% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 27.4% 16.7%

Game Analysis

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