I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
East Carolina Pirates
70 – 64 OT
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum · January 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ECU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money ECU -275 / TEM +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total ECU win
Actual ECU +6 134 Won
Massey ECU -5.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 137.7 (-3.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ECU -4.6 (+1.4) 134.0 (-0.0) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ECU -3.8 (+2.2) 134.1 (-0.1) 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ECU -5.0 (+1.0) 135.4 (-1.4) 72% ✓
Baseline ML ECU -4.5 (+1.5) 134.1 (-0.1) 72% ✓

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 7, 2026 TEM 81 – 73 ECU
Jan 8, 2026 TEM 75 – 67 ECU
Feb 1, 2025 TEM 98 – 94 ECU
Jan 9, 2025 ECU 80 – 79 TEM
Jan 11, 2024 ECU 73 – 62 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ECU TEM
Overall 15-18 16-20
Conference 7-11 5-13
Home 11-9 5-9
Away 3-7 5-7
Neutral 1-2 6-4
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.6 70.5
Avg Pts Against 70.6 73.4
Massey -1.1 (#187) -3.4 (#229)
Bradley-Terry -0.41 (#211) -0.76 (#250)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.44 (#211) -1.13 (#264)
RPI 0.472 (#220) 0.467 (#236)
Shooting & Four Factors ECU TEM
FG% 42.0% 37.4%
3PT% 31.2% 30.1%
REB / G 35.8 36.5
OREB / G 12.7 12.2
AST / TO 1.03 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 44.2%
TOV% 16.3% 14.7%
ORB% 34.4% 29.6%
FT Rate 23.4% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 18.9%
DRB% 67.9% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 23.3%

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