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Rice Owls
56 69
FINAL Conference
Florida Atlantic Owls
American Conference · Tudor Fieldhouse · January 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread FAU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money RICE +550 / FAU -700
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICE win
Actual FAU +13 125 Lost
Massey FAU -13.1 (+0.1)
Massey Totals 155.0 (-30.0)
Bradley-Terry 9%
Weighted B-T 6%
Efficiency Plus ML FAU -12.4 (-0.6) 149.6 (-24.6) 14%
Baseline Tuned ML FAU -12.4 (-0.6) 151.2 (-26.2) 15%
Baseline ML FAU -11.9 (-1.1) 151.2 (-26.2) 15%
Baseline Plus ML FAU -13.0 (-0.0) 151.5 (-26.5) 14%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 12, 2026 RICE 8173 FAU
Jan 19, 2025 FAU 7573 RICE
Mar 3, 2023 FAU 10374 RICE
Feb 10, 2023 FAU 9081 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RICE FAU
Overall 11-21 25-9
Conference 5-13 14-4
Home 6-10 13-1
Away 5-7 5-5
Neutral 0-4 7-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L5 L2
Avg Pts For 71.1 82.0
Avg Pts Against 76.3 73.4
Massey -3.6 (#233) 13.2 (#26)
Bradley-Terry -0.84 (#258) 2.14 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.96 (#248) 2.56 (#36)
RPI 0.468 (#233) 0.617 (#21)
Shooting & Four Factors RICE FAU
FG% 43.4% 49.1%
3PT% 31.0% 37.0%
REB / G 36.5 37.8
OREB / G 10.6 11.8
AST / TO 1.10 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 56.5%
TOV% 18.4% 15.6%
ORB% 29.3% 34.0%
FT Rate 21.7% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.2% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 17.6%
DRB% 71.5% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 19.3%

Game Analysis

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