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Temple Owls
77 – 84
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Liacouras Center · February 9, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -10.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money TEM +400 / MEM -600
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual MEM +7 161 Lost
Massey MEM -7.4 (+0.4) — —
Massey Totals — 155.2 (+5.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 12% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MEM -5.8 (-1.2) 150.6 (+10.4) 29% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MEM -6.7 (-0.3) 151.7 (+9.3) 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -6.8 (-0.2) 147.8 (+13.2) 25% ✓
Baseline ML MEM -6.6 (-0.4) 149.1 (+11.9) 34% ✓

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 15, 2026 MEM 55 – 53 TEM
Feb 9, 2025 MEM 90 – 82 TEM
Jan 17, 2025 TEM 88 – 81 MEM
Feb 12, 2023 MEM 86 – 77 TEM
Jan 15, 2023 MEM 61 – 59 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM MEM
Overall 16-20 22-10
Conference 5-13 11-7
Home 5-9 13-2
Away 5-7 7-6
Neutral 6-4 2-2
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 70.5 80.5
Avg Pts Against 73.4 75.8
Massey -3.5 (#229) 7.2 (#81)
Bradley-Terry -0.90 (#266) 1.71 (#55)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.27 (#281) 2.25 (#52)
RPI 0.458 (#253) 0.582 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM MEM
FG% 37.4% 45.9%
3PT% 29.6% 35.3%
REB / G 36.6 37.3
OREB / G 12.3 11.5
AST / TO 1.04 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.0% 52.6%
TOV% 14.8% 18.6%
ORB% 29.7% 32.9%
FT Rate 22.7% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 18.9%
DRB% 69.8% 66.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.8% 21.5%

Game Analysis

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