I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Xavier Musketeers
60 – 66
FINAL Big East-Big 12 Battle
Houston Cougars
Cintas Center · December 1, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -8.0 Home covered
O/U 138.0 Under
Money XAV +285 / HOU -365
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual HOU +6 126 Lost
Massey HOU -5.5 (-0.5) — —
Massey Totals — 133.5 (-7.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 10% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 7% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -4.6 (-1.4) 131.7 (-5.7) 24% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -2.6 (-3.4) 132.4 (-6.4) 32% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -3.8 (-2.2) 131.8 (-5.8) 39% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -4.0 (-2.0) 130.5 (-4.5) 30% ✓

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 XAV HOU
Overall 16-18 32-5
Conference 9-11 15-3
Home 11-7 17-0
Away 3-9 7-3
Neutral 2-2 8-2
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.9 73.5
Avg Pts Against 74.6 57.6
Massey 9.3 (#46) 20.9 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 0.03 (#190) 3.49 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.01 (#124) 5.12 (#8)
RPI 0.543 (#117) 0.665 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV HOU
FG% 46.6% 44.6%
3PT% 31.4% 34.6%
REB / G 39.6 41.4
OREB / G 10.4 15.1
AST / TO 1.55 1.72
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 51.2%
TOV% 16.6% 12.7%
ORB% 28.7% 39.8%
FT Rate 23.0% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.2% 41.0%
Opp TOV% 17.7% 26.4%
DRB% 71.3% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 22.2%

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