Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
East Carolina Pirates
73 81
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -2.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money ECU +120 / TEM -142
Model Predictions
Spread Total ECU win
Actual TEM +8 154 Lost
Massey TEM -4.9 (-3.1)
Massey Totals 144.5 (+9.5)
Bradley-Terry 26%
Weighted B-T 17%
Efficiency Plus ML TEM -2.2 (-5.8) 140.7 (+13.3) 40%
Baseline Tuned ML TEM -4.1 (-3.9) 140.1 (+13.9) 30%
Baseline ML TEM -4.2 (-3.8) 140.9 (+13.1) 34%
Baseline Plus ML TEM -4.3 (-3.7) 141.9 (+12.1) 36%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 8, 2026 TEM 7567 ECU
Feb 1, 2025 TEM 9894 ECU
Jan 9, 2025 ECU 8079 TEM
Jan 28, 2024 ECU 7064 TEM
Jan 11, 2024 ECU 7362 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ECU TEM
Overall 11-20 16-16
Conference 6-12 8-10
Home 7-10 10-6
Away 4-8 5-6
Neutral 0-2 1-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 71.5 73.0
Avg Pts Against 77.7 71.2
Massey -7.3 (#275) 0.6 (#152)
Bradley-Terry -1.29 (#281) 0.25 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.97 (#300) 0.19 (#148)
RPI 0.457 (#250) 0.504 (#166)
Shooting & Four Factors ECU TEM
FG% 40.4% 44.3%
3PT% 28.0% 34.8%
REB / G 35.7 33.5
OREB / G 12.2 10.1
AST / TO 0.93 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.7% 50.7%
TOV% 17.5% 14.1%
ORB% 32.6% 30.0%
FT Rate 26.9% 33.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 16.1%
DRB% 68.3% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 22.9%

Game Analysis

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