They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
UAB Blazers
72 – 60
FINAL Neutral Conference American Athletic Conference
Wichita State Shockers
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -4.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money UAB -200 / WICH +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total UAB win
Actual UAB +12 132 Won
Massey UAB -1.8 (+10.2) — —
Massey Totals — 148.6 (-16.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UAB -2.5 (+9.5) 150.0 (-18.0) 62% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UAB -3.3 (+8.7) 147.0 (-15.0) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -2.3 (+9.7) 147.2 (-15.2) 61% ✓
Baseline ML UAB -2.8 (+9.2) 148.7 (-16.7) 62% ✓

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 31, 2025 WICH 75 – 70 UAB
Feb 28, 2025 UAB 80 – 72 WICH
Feb 29, 2024 WICH 74 – 66 UAB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UAB WICH
Overall 23-12 15-19
Conference 12-6 5-13
Home 12-5 10-5
Away 7-5 2-9
Neutral 4-2 3-5
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 72.1
Avg Pts Against 75.6 73.3
Massey 3.3 (#116) 1.5 (#144)
Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#92) 0.01 (#170)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.12 (#105) 0.08 (#163)
RPI 0.560 (#68) 0.499 (#178)
Shooting & Four Factors UAB WICH
FG% 44.7% 44.7%
3PT% 32.6% 33.2%
REB / G 37.9 38.9
OREB / G 12.8 11.5
AST / TO 1.08 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 49.9%
TOV% 17.3% 17.8%
ORB% 35.3% 31.7%
FT Rate 30.3% 18.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 15.0%
DRB% 69.2% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 20.6%

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