East Carolina Pirates vs USC Upstate Spartans: Where to Watch, Predictions, Stats

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15/11/2023 at 19:00 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))

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Chances of winning

East Carolina Pirates 87.1%

USC Upstate Spartans 12.9%

Initially Probability

(when we started the analysis)

East Carolina Pirates 80.8%

USC Upstate Spartans 19.2%

East Carolina Pirates - USC Upstate Spartans Odds

	1	X	2	Marga
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.09 ↓ (1.16)		7.22 ↑ (4.9)	6.6% (5.8%)

The most likely Over/Under: 143.25

The most likely Handicap: 1 (-14)

What is the prediction for East Carolina Pirates - USC Upstate Spartans?

The most likely score is 79:65.

Preview Facts

USC Upstate could have problems with physics compare with it opponent - last days they played more matches than their opponents.
In this match East Carolina is indisputable favorite.
Recently, the teams did not play each other.

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NCAA College Basketball Table

2024/25

Southeastern

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Tennessee	11	11	0	892:615	1.000
2	Florida	12	12	0	1051:780	1.000
3	Oklahoma	12	12	0	991:811	1.000
4	Auburn	12	11	1	1061:785	0.917
5	Georgia	12	11	1	995:762	0.917
6	Vanderbilt	12	11	1	1025:803	0.917
7	Ole Miss	12	11	1	981:765	0.917
8	Mississippi St	12	11	1	1004:811	0.917
9	Texas	12	10	2	1021:753	0.833
10	Missouri	12	10	2	1053:814	0.833
11	Kentucky	12	10	2	1069:873	0.833
12	Arkansas	12	10	2	981:789	0.833
13	LSU	12	10	2	985:826	0.833
14	Alabama	12	10	2	1064:922	0.833
15	Texas A&M	12	10	2	898:760	0.833
16	South Carolina	12	9	3	914:794	0.750

Big East

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Marquette	13	11	2	1049:875	0.846
2	St. John's (N.Y.)	12	10	2	1005:812	0.833
3	Georgetown	12	10	2	907:766	0.833
4	UConn	13	10	3	1091:877	0.769
5	DePaul	12	8	4	957:841	0.667
6	Villanova	13	8	5	1028:883	0.615
7	Xavier	13	8	5	1035:901	0.615
8	Creighton	13	8	5	998:924	0.615
9	Providence	13	7	6	916:847	0.538
10	Butler	13	7	6	950:902	0.538
11	Seton Hall	13	5	8	791:800	0.385

Big Ten

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Oregon	12	11	1	945:804	0.917
2	Maryland	12	10	2	1053:728	0.833
3	Penn State	12	10	2	1061:805	0.833
4	UCLA	12	10	2	941:701	0.833
5	Michigan State	12	10	2	986:810	0.833
6	Nebraska	10	8	2	786:682	0.800
7	Wisconsin	13	10	3	1059:922	0.769
8	Michigan	12	9	3	980:802	0.750
9	Iowa	12	9	3	1054:894	0.750
10	Northwestern	12	9	3	885:770	0.750
11	Indiana	12	9	3	946:841	0.750
12	Illinois	11	8	3	920:723	0.727
13	Washington	10	7	3	727:697	0.700
14	USC	13	9	4	993:889	0.692
15	Ohio State	12	8	4	973:825	0.667
16	Purdue	12	8	4	918:861	0.667
17	Rutgers	12	7	5	945:902	0.583
18	Minnesota	12	7	5	793:762	0.583

Atlantic Coast

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Duke	12	10	2	947:702	0.833
2	SMU Mustangs	12	10	2	1035:838	0.833
3	Pittsburgh	12	10	2	1008:815	0.833
4	Clemson	13	10	3	1013:864	0.769
5	Stanford	12	9	3	937:839	0.750
6	Florida State	13	9	4	1017:899	0.692
7	Wake Forest	13	9	4	878:844	0.692
8	NC State	12	8	4	893:789	0.667
9	Louisville	12	7	5	936:856	0.583
10	Notre Dame	12	7	5	910:832	0.583
11	North Carolina	12	7	5	1028:951	0.583
12	California	12	7	5	947:910	0.583
13	Virginia	12	7	5	739:724	0.583
14	Boston College	12	7	5	849:862	0.583
15	Syracuse	11	5	6	853:882	0.455
16	Georgia Tech	12	5	7	897:901	0.417
17	Virginia Tech	12	5	7	845:856	0.417
18	Miami (FL)	12	4	8	944:888	0.333

Big 12

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Iowa State	11	10	1	973:721	0.909
2	Cincinnati	11	10	1	874:644	0.909
3	Texas Tech	11	9	2	949:696	0.818
4	Brigham Young	11	9	2	942:712	0.818
5	West Virginia	11	9	2	852:702	0.818
6	Kansas	11	9	2	871:726	0.818
7	Colorado	11	9	2	844:752	0.818
8	Arizona State	11	9	2	864:785	0.818
9	Houston	11	8	3	858:608	0.727
10	Utah Utes	11	8	3	954:735	0.727
11	UCF Knights	11	8	3	876:827	0.727
12	Oklahoma State	11	8	3	868:821	0.727
13	Baylor	10	7	3	849:713	0.700
14	TCU	11	7	4	797:702	0.636
15	Arizona	11	6	5	941:744	0.545
16	Kansas State	11	6	5	859:781	0.545

Missouri Valley

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Drake	11	11	0	820:629	1.000
2	Bradley	12	10	2	984:802	0.833
3	Belmont	12	9	3	1009:947	0.750
4	Indiana State	12	8	4	1013:895	0.667
5	Illinois (Chi.)	12	8	4	977:882	0.667
6	Illinois State	12	8	4	961:867	0.667
7	Northern Iowa	12	7	5	936:796	0.583
8	Valparaiso	12	7	5	965:860	0.583
9	Missouri State	12	7	5	900:862	0.583
10	Murray State	11	6	5	837:736	0.545
11	Southern Illinois	12	5	7	892:899	0.417
12	Evansville	12	3	9	787:892	0.250

Conference USA

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Liberty	13	12	1	1058:756	0.923
2	Louisiana Tech	13	11	2	1047:871	0.846
3	Middle Tenn. St	12	9	3	970:842	0.750
4	Western Kentucky	12	9	3	984:878	0.750
5	UTEP	12	9	3	889:797	0.750
6	Jacksonville State	12	7	5	949:836	0.583
7	Kennesaw State	12	7	5	942:896	0.583
8	New Mexico State	12	6	6	884:862	0.500
9	Sam Houston St	12	6	6	944:952	0.500
10	Florida International	12	5	7	885:847	0.417

Ohio Valley

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	UALR	12	7	5	817:824	0.583
2	Siu Edwardsville	13	7	6	961:872	0.538
3	Western Illinois	13	7	6	922:898	0.538
4	Southeast Missouri State	12	6	6	897:845	0.500
5	Southern Indiana	12	6	6	922:881	0.500
6	Morehead State	12	6	6	838:873	0.500
7	Lindenwood	13	6	7	964:895	0.462
8	Tennessee Tech	12	5	7	867:930	0.417
9	UT Martin	13	5	8	1019:919	0.385
10	Tennessee State	13	4	9	1045:993	0.308
11	Eastern Illinois	11	3	8	754:838	0.273

Atlantic 10

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	St. Bonaventure	13	12	1	937:775	0.923
2	Rhode Island	12	11	1	1028:859	0.917
3	George Washington	13	11	2	1038:877	0.846
4	Loyola Chicago	11	9	2	868:717	0.818
5	VCU Rams	13	10	3	1009:797	0.769
6	Dayton	13	10	3	1003:873	0.769
7	Davidson	12	9	3	924:839	0.750
8	George Mason	12	8	4	919:752	0.667
9	Saint Josephs Hawks	12	8	4	917:821	0.667
10	La Salle	13	8	5	1023:954	0.615
11	Fordham	13	8	5	1000:968	0.615
12	St. Louis Billikens	12	6	6	927:879	0.500
13	Richmond Spiders	12	5	7	874:895	0.417
14	UMass	13	5	8	967:972	0.385
15	Duquesne	12	4	8	788:795	0.333

West Coast

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Oregon State	11	9	2	841:634	0.818
2	San Francisco	13	10	3	984:815	0.769
3	St. Marys (CA)	13	10	3	979:840	0.769
4	Washington State	13	10	3	1052:970	0.769
5	Gonzaga	12	9	3	1071:833	0.750
6	Loyola Marymount	12	8	4	876:831	0.667
7	Santa Clara	13	8	5	1032:947	0.615
8	Pepperdine	13	6	7	973:911	0.462
9	Portland	13	5	8	937:1007	0.385
10	Pacific	14	5	9	1003:1012	0.357
11	San Diego Toreros	12	3	9	803:878	0.250

Big West

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	UC San Diego	13	11	2	1018:825	0.846
2	UC Irvine	12	10	2	878:757	0.833
3	Hawaii	10	7	3	750:691	0.700
4	CS Northridge	12	8	4	971:861	0.667
5	UC Riverside	13	8	5	930:933	0.615
6	UC Santa Barbara	12	7	5	902:772	0.583
7	UC Davis	12	7	5	821:876	0.583
8	CSU Bakersfield	13	6	7	975:895	0.462
9	Cal Poly	14	6	8	1175:1200	0.429
10	Long Beach State	14	6	8	942:981	0.429
11	CS Fullerton	13	4	9	800:925	0.308

Ivy League

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Columbia	12	10	2	972:830	0.833
2	Princeton	13	9	4	1000:934	0.692
3	Cornell	11	7	4	923:839	0.636
4	Brown	11	7	4	801:767	0.636
5	Yale	12	6	6	969:847	0.500
6	Dartmouth	12	5	7	928:883	0.417
7	Penn	12	4	8	758:880	0.333
8	Harvard	11	3	8	734:797	0.273

Western Athletic

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Grand Canyon	12	8	4	935:851	0.667
2	Abilene Christian	13	8	5	990:919	0.615
3	Southern Utah	14	8	6	1078:1022	0.571
4	Utah Valley State	13	7	6	949:910	0.538
5	California Baptist	12	6	6	924:915	0.500
6	UT Arlington	13	6	7	1013:966	0.462
7	Seattle	12	4	8	904:859	0.333
8	Utah Tech	14	4	10	1002:1072	0.286
9	Tarleton	14	4	10	901:1032	0.286

Summit League

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	St. Thomas (Minn.)	14	10	4	1197:1009	0.714
2	North Dakota St	14	10	4	1117:993	0.714
3	South Dakota St	14	9	5	1086:961	0.643
4	South Dakota Coyotes	15	9	6	1299:1200	0.600
5	UMKC	15	8	7	1158:977	0.533
6	Denver	15	6	9	1136:1185	0.400
7	North Dakota	14	5	9	1029:1072	0.357
8	Nebraska O	14	5	9	971:1058	0.357
9	Oral Roberts	12	3	9	870:916	0.250

Big Sky

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Northern Arizona	12	8	4	968:853	0.667
2	Northern Colorado	13	8	5	1080:978	0.615
3	Portland State	12	7	5	988:924	0.583
4	Montana	13	7	6	993:975	0.538
5	Weber State	13	6	7	1024:883	0.462
6	Idaho State	11	5	6	814:713	0.455
7	Montana State	13	5	8	950:925	0.385
8	Idaho	13	5	8	977:981	0.385
9	Sacramento State	12	3	9	810:809	0.250
10	East. Washington	12	3	9	900:963	0.250

Metro Atlantic Athletic

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Marist	10	8	2	713:688	0.800
2	Mount St. Mary's	13	8	5	941:986	0.615
3	Manhattan	11	6	5	830:841	0.545
4	St. Peters	10	5	5	719:666	0.500
5	Quinnipiac	12	5	7	853:892	0.417
6	Fairfield	12	5	7	851:891	0.417
7	Siena	12	5	7	796:843	0.417
8	Niagara	12	5	7	803:855	0.417
9	Merrimack Warriors	13	5	8	826:881	0.385
10	Sacred Heart	12	4	8	865:917	0.333
11	Iona	12	4	8	805:887	0.333
12	Rider	13	4	9	827:954	0.308
13	Canisius	13	0	13	801:1047	0.000

Patriot League

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Holy Cross	12	7	5	823:859	0.583
2	Loyola Maryland	10	5	5	707:687	0.500
3	American University	12	6	6	824:844	0.500
4	Army	11	5	6	883:856	0.455
5	Boston University	12	5	7	842:837	0.417
6	Lafayette	12	5	7	840:845	0.417
7	Lehigh	10	4	6	707:754	0.400
8	Bucknell	12	4	8	842:918	0.333
9	Navy	12	3	9	861:878	0.250
10	Colgate	13	3	10	876:951	0.231

Northeast

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Central Connecticut State	12	8	4	853:809	0.667
2	Stonehill	14	7	7	999:1005	0.500
3	Wagner	12	6	6	709:728	0.500
4	Mercyhurst Lakers	15	6	9	989:1034	0.400
5	St. Francis (PA)	14	5	9	1034:1065	0.357
6	Le Moyne	14	5	9	1059:1119	0.357
7	Fairleigh Dickinson	14	4	10	1103:1122	0.286
8	LIU Sharks	15	4	11	1053:1079	0.267
9	Chicago State	14	0	14	835:1162	0.000

Horizon League

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Wisc. Milwaukee	13	9	4	1064:934	0.692
2	IPFW	14	9	5	1158:1023	0.643
3	Youngstown State	13	8	5	966:900	0.615
4	Robert Morris	13	8	5	937:907	0.615
5	Cleveland State	14	8	6	1039:923	0.571
6	Northern Kentucky	13	7	6	905:889	0.538
7	Wright State	14	7	7	1081:1025	0.500
8	Oakland	11	4	7	699:773	0.364
9	IU Indy	14	5	9	1069:1004	0.357
10	Detroit	14	5	9	966:1051	0.357
11	Wisc. Green Bay	14	2	12	1003:1142	0.143

Mid-Eastern Athletic

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Norfolk State	14	8	6	1057:963	0.571
2	Delaware State	13	7	6	965:927	0.538
3	South Carolina St	14	6	8	1053:967	0.429
4	Howard	12	5	7	931:919	0.417
5	N. Carolina Central	15	6	9	1175:1097	0.400
6	Morgan State	15	6	9	1228:1218	0.400
7	Md.-East. Shore	15	4	11	1046:1207	0.267
8	Coppin State	13	1	12	721:1002	0.077

Sun Belt

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Arkansas State	13	10	3	1049:930	0.769
2	Texas State	12	8	4	929:805	0.667
3	Troy	12	8	4	905:797	0.667
4	South Alabama	12	8	4	868:774	0.667
5	Marshall	13	7	6	1005:939	0.538
6	Georgia Southern	13	7	6	967:1026	0.538
7	Appalachian State	12	6	6	840:780	0.500
8	James Madison	12	6	6	874:839	0.500
9	Coastal Carolina	12	6	6	825:832	0.500
10	Southern Miss	12	5	7	858:920	0.417
11	Georgia State	12	4	8	859:957	0.333
12	Old Dominion	12	4	8	827:931	0.333
13	Louisiana Monroe	14	4	10	1019:1013	0.286
14	Louisiana Lafayette	13	3	10	853:985	0.231

Southland

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	UTRGV	12	8	4	989:882	0.667
2	Incarnate Word	12	7	5	949:838	0.583
3	Nicholls State	12	7	5	892:832	0.583
4	McNeese State	11	6	5	831:734	0.545
5	Texas A&M-CC	13	7	6	1047:900	0.538
6	Lamar	12	6	6	899:823	0.500
7	Northwestern St	12	6	6	892:830	0.500
8	SE Louisiana	12	6	6	865:808	0.500
9	Stephen F. Austin	12	6	6	787:756	0.500
10	Houston Christian	13	4	9	850:928	0.308
11	New Orleans	11	2	9	736:933	0.182
12	TX A&M Commerce	13	2	11	833:1028	0.154

Big South

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	High Point	14	12	2	1090:895	0.857
2	Longwood	14	11	3	1105:933	0.786
3	Winthrop	14	10	4	1207:1037	0.714
4	Radford	15	10	5	1127:1065	0.667
5	UNC Asheville	13	8	5	1091:968	0.615
6	Presbyterian	14	7	7	1112:971	0.500
7	Gardner Webb	13	5	8	965:1016	0.385
8	USC Upstate	15	4	11	1133:1223	0.267
9	Charleston Southern	14	3	11	999:1101	0.214

Southern

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Furman	13	12	1	1026:830	0.923
2	Samford	13	10	3	1157:1012	0.769
3	Chattanooga Mocs	13	8	5	976:916	0.615
4	East Tennessee St	13	7	6	975:876	0.538
5	Mercer	12	6	6	1003:908	0.500
6	NC Greensboro	12	6	6	862:771	0.500
7	VMI	13	6	7	1039:926	0.462
8	Citadel	11	5	6	809:795	0.455
9	Wofford	12	5	7	872:866	0.417
10	Western Carolina	11	4	7	770:838	0.364

American Athletic

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	North Texas	12	9	3	815:678	0.750
2	Wichita State	12	9	3	930:880	0.750
3	Memphis	12	9	3	941:912	0.750
4	Rice	13	9	4	912:853	0.692
5	East Carolina	13	8	5	1004:917	0.615
6	Temple	12	7	5	929:881	0.583
7	UTSA Roadrunners	11	6	5	891:850	0.545
8	Charlotte	11	6	5	785:785	0.545
9	UAB	13	7	6	1118:995	0.538
10	Florida Atlantic	13	7	6	1102:1008	0.538
11	Tulsa	12	6	6	922:882	0.500
12	South Florida	12	6	6	918:916	0.500
13	Tulane	13	6	7	975:873	0.462

Mid-American

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Kent State	11	8	3	751:683	0.727
2	Akron	11	7	4	893:803	0.636
3	Miami (Ohio)	11	7	4	848:795	0.636
4	Toledo	11	6	5	861:851	0.545
5	Eastern Michigan	11	6	5	783:824	0.545
6	Ball State	11	5	6	817:770	0.455
7	Central Michigan	11	5	6	814:810	0.455
8	Ohio	11	5	6	856:854	0.455
9	Buffalo	11	5	6	810:882	0.455
10	Bowling Green	11	4	7	854:837	0.364
11	Western Michigan	11	3	8	783:809	0.273
12	Northern Illinois	11	3	8	756:843	0.273

America East

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	UMass Lowell	14	10	4	1176:1058	0.714
2	Maine Black Bears	14	8	6	1026:939	0.571
3	Binghamton	14	8	6	984:981	0.571
4	UMBC Retrievers	14	7	7	1152:1046	0.500
5	Albany Great Danes	14	7	7	1084:1050	0.500
6	Bryant University	14	6	8	1175:1089	0.429
7	Vermont	14	6	8	877:948	0.429
8	NJIT	13	2	11	784:920	0.154
9	New Hampshire Wildcats	14	2	12	930:1071	0.143

Mountain West

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Utah State	12	11	1	1024:788	0.917
2	San Diego State	10	8	2	752:632	0.800
3	Boise State	12	9	3	953:790	0.750
4	New Mexico	12	9	3	1044:905	0.750
5	Nevada	12	8	4	919:795	0.667
6	Colorado State	12	7	5	880:840	0.583
7	Wyoming	12	7	5	884:857	0.583
8	UNLV	11	6	5	786:765	0.545
9	San Jose State	13	7	6	1023:944	0.538
10	Fresno State	12	4	8	865:955	0.333
11	Air Force	12	3	9	788:833	0.250

ASUN

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	North Alabama	13	8	5	1016:939	0.615
2	Lipscomb	12	7	5	904:813	0.583
3	Queens Royals	13	7	6	965:955	0.538
4	North Florida	13	7	6	1100:1091	0.538
5	Eastern Kentucky	12	6	6	924:900	0.500
6	Jacksonville Dolphins	12	6	6	849:896	0.500
7	Florida Gulf Coast	12	4	8	799:824	0.333
8	Austin Peay	12	4	8	753:865	0.333
9	Central Arkansas	12	3	9	846:934	0.250
10	Bellarmine	13	3	10	946:1037	0.231
11	Stetson	12	2	10	888:999	0.167
12	West Georgia	13	2	11	896:1009	0.154

Southwestern Athletic

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	Southern Univ	12	5	7	949:873	0.417
2	Alabama A&M	12	4	8	937:978	0.333
3	Alabama State	12	4	8	927:976	0.333
4	Florida A&M	10	3	7	725:842	0.300
5	Bethune-Cookman	12	3	9	767:895	0.250
6	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13	3	10	971:1208	0.231
7	Grambling St	12	2	10	807:885	0.167
8	Texas Southern	12	2	10	844:1000	0.167
9	Miss. Valley St	12	2	10	620:1004	0.167
10	Prairie View A&M	12	1	11	921:1130	0.083
11	Jackson State	12	0	12	722:1004	0.000
12	Alcorn State	13	0	13	776:1074	0.000

Coastal Athletic Association

		Pl	W	L		PCT
1	NC Wilmington	12	9	3	986:887	0.750
2	Charleston	11	8	3	864:838	0.727
3	Elon	12	8	4	934:807	0.667
4	Hofstra	12	8	4	839:779	0.667
5	Northeastern	12	8	4	864:809	0.667
6	Drexel	13	8	5	943:864	0.615
7	Hampton	12	7	5	909:820	0.583
8	Delaware	12	7	5	938:898	0.583
9	William & Mary	12	5	7	997:929	0.417
10	Campbell	12	5	7	844:800	0.417
11	Towson	13	5	8	845:858	0.385
12	Stony Brook	12	4	8	804:899	0.333
13	N. Carolina A&T	13	3	10	971:1046	0.231
14	Monmouth	12	2	10	815:932	0.167

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