Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Fertitta Center · December 11, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -26.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money HOU -10000 / TROY +3000
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +20 104 Won
Massey HOU -22.7 (-2.7)
Massey Totals 135.2 (-31.2)
Bradley-Terry 86%
Weighted B-T 97%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -21.2 (-1.2) 133.8 (-29.8) 90%
Baseline ML HOU -20.2 (-0.2) 136.3 (-32.3) 90%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -19.0 (+1.0) 134.0 (-30.0) 90%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -19.3 (+0.7) 130.1 (-26.1) 90%

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 HOU TROY
Overall 35-5 23-11
Conference 19-1 13-5
Home 16-1 11-4
Away 10-0 9-6
Neutral 9-4 3-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 72.0
Avg Pts Against 58.6 66.3
Massey 21.4 (#6) 3.2 (#114)
Bradley-Terry 1.47 (#62) 0.44 (#137)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#50) 0.52 (#141)
RPI 0.564 (#74) 0.531 (#120)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU TROY
FG% 45.6% 47.1%
3PT% 43.3% 31.6%
REB / G 38.6 34.8
OREB / G 13.5 11.9
AST / TO 1.47 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 53.1%
TOV% 13.7% 23.8%
ORB% 37.2% 37.5%
FT Rate 20.3% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.8% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 22.5% 21.1%
DRB% 72.0% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 16.9%

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