Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
UAB Blazers
94 – 77
FINAL Neutral Conference American Athletic Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UAB -5.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money UAB -245 / ECU +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total UAB win
Actual UAB +17 171 Won
Massey UAB -3.7 (+13.3) — —
Massey Totals — 157.7 (+13.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 66% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UAB -2.5 (+14.5) 153.7 (+17.3) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UAB -3.4 (+13.6) 151.5 (+19.5) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UAB -3.0 (+14.0) 151.9 (+19.1) 60% ✓
Baseline ML UAB -3.0 (+14.0) 153.4 (+17.6) 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

Mar 8, 2026 UAB 90 – 83 ECU
Jan 11, 2026 UAB 87 – 85 ECU
Feb 12, 2025 ECU 82 – 75 UAB
Jan 20, 2024 UAB 69 – 61 ECU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UAB ECU
Overall 24-13 19-14
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 14-4 12-6
Away 7-6 4-6
Neutral 3-3 3-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 74.0
Avg Pts Against 76.6 73.9
Massey 3.2 (#114) -0.5 (#167)
Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#125) 0.07 (#161)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.55 (#127) -0.12 (#175)
RPI 0.525 (#122) 0.503 (#166)
Shooting & Four Factors UAB ECU
FG% 46.0% 42.9%
3PT% 34.7% 30.9%
REB / G 39.3 36.1
OREB / G 14.6 12.6
AST / TO 1.63 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 48.3%
TOV% 13.9% 15.7%
ORB% 38.5% 34.3%
FT Rate 23.7% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 17.7%
DRB% 69.9% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 23.0%

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