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UCF Knights
66 – 77
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Nebraska Cornhuskers
T-Mobile Arena (Neutral) · April 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -3.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money UCF +150 / NEB -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCF win
Actual NEB +11 143 Lost
Massey NEB -3.2 (-7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 161.3 (-18.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 30% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -2.5 (-8.5) 159.6 (-16.6) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -2.4 (-8.6) 162.0 (-19.0) 41% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -3.7 (-7.3) 161.4 (-18.4) 40% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -2.3 (-8.7) 159.6 (-16.6) 35% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCF NEB
Overall 20-17 21-14
Conference 7-13 7-13
Home 13-5 10-6
Away 2-8 5-7
Neutral 5-4 6-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 79.8 76.0
Avg Pts Against 80.4 72.6
Massey 8.1 (#69) 11.4 (#55)
Bradley-Terry 1.69 (#57) 1.93 (#54)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.91 (#66) 2.74 (#44)
RPI 0.546 (#82) 0.565 (#57)
Shooting & Four Factors UCF NEB
FG% 42.7% 45.5%
3PT% 34.1% 33.3%
REB / G 36.9 35.3
OREB / G 12.2 9.2
AST / TO 1.15 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 52.0%
TOV% 16.6% 16.2%
ORB% 32.0% 27.1%
FT Rate 28.2% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 17.6%
DRB% 65.6% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.0% 19.4%

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