Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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FINAL Neutral Players Era Festival
Houston Cougars
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · November 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -16.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money ND +1000 / HOU -2000
Model Predictions
Spread Total ND win
Actual HOU +11 119 Lost
Massey HOU -14.8 (+3.8)
Massey Totals 142.5 (-23.5)
Bradley-Terry 40%
Weighted B-T 42%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -11.1 (+0.1) 136.9 (-17.9) 16%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -7.5 (-3.5) 138.6 (-19.6) 26%
Baseline ML HOU -6.8 (-4.2) 139.8 (-20.8) 21%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -9.9 (-1.1) 138.8 (-19.8) 19%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 26, 2025 HOU 6656 ND

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ND HOU
Overall 15-18 35-5
Conference 8-12 19-1
Home 11-5 16-1
Away 3-9 10-0
Neutral 1-4 9-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.6 73.7
Avg Pts Against 72.5 58.6
Massey 6.2 (#84) 21.0 (#6)
Bradley-Terry 0.77 (#118) 1.18 (#90)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.15 (#81) 2.46 (#64)
RPI 0.553 (#95) 0.545 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors ND HOU
FG% 50.4% 45.9%
3PT% 37.8% 45.5%
REB / G 39.0 39.2
OREB / G 9.7 14.0
AST / TO 1.41 1.49
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.9% 53.0%
TOV% 15.2% 13.0%
ORB% 30.4% 37.6%
FT Rate 20.7% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 43.4%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 25.6%
DRB% 71.3% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 18.1% 25.8%

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