But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Thomas M. Ryan Center · December 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PROV -2.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money URI +115 / PROV -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total URI win
Actual URI +6 132 Won
Massey URI -9.0 (-3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 142.6 (-10.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML URI -8.3 (-2.3) 141.2 (-9.2) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ URI -3.8 (+2.2) 143.1 (-11.1) 67% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML URI -9.4 (-3.4) 142.2 (-10.2) 81% ✓
Baseline ML URI -8.2 (-2.2) 142.9 (-10.9) 80% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 6, 2025 PROV 90 – 71 URI
Dec 3, 2023 PROV 84 – 69 URI
Dec 3, 2022 PROV 88 – 74 URI
Dec 4, 2021 PROV 66 – 52 URI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings URI PROV
Overall 18-13 12-20
Conference 7-11 6-14
Home 14-3 10-6
Away 1-9 2-9
Neutral 3-1 0-5
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 77.1 71.3
Avg Pts Against 75.2 72.5
Massey 9.2 (#65) 5.0 (#93)
Bradley-Terry 2.69 (#31) 0.66 (#120)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.47 (#40) 0.84 (#124)
RPI 0.643 (#21) 0.538 (#112)
Shooting & Four Factors URI PROV
FG% 50.8% 43.5%
3PT% 38.6% 34.9%
REB / G 39.9 40.3
OREB / G 8.9 12.6
AST / TO 1.53 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.2% 52.5%
TOV% 15.4% 18.4%
ORB% 27.4% 36.0%
FT Rate 37.4% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.3% 44.5%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 14.9%
DRB% 70.9% 75.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 25.1%

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