Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Wichita State Shockers
66 72 OT
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Charles Koch Arena · February 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WICH -7.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money WICH -350 / TEM +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total WICH win
Actual TEM +6 138 Lost
Massey WICH -7.2 (-13.2)
Massey Totals 144.7 (-6.7)
Bradley-Terry 80%
Weighted B-T 86%
Baseline Plus ML WICH -5.6 (-11.6) 147.6 (-9.6) 72%
Model 4 ML WICH -6.0 (-12.0) 146.4 (-8.4) 69%
Model 3 ML WICH -5.7 (-11.7) 144.9 (-6.9) 73%
Baseline ML WICH -5.9 (-11.9) 145.6 (-7.6) 75%

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 21, 2026 WICH 6957 TEM
Jan 4, 2025 TEM 9185 WICH
Jan 7, 2024 TEM 6861 WICH
Feb 17, 2023 WICH 7965 TEM
Feb 7, 2021 WICH 7067 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WICH TEM
Overall 15-19 16-20
Conference 5-13 5-13
Home 10-5 5-9
Away 2-9 5-7
Neutral 3-5 6-4
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 70.5
Avg Pts Against 73.3 73.4
Massey 0.7 (#152) -3.2 (#222)
Bradley-Terry -0.18 (#192) -0.93 (#271)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.12 (#173) -1.21 (#274)
RPI 0.490 (#196) 0.455 (#269)
Shooting & Four Factors WICH TEM
FG% 44.4% 38.3%
3PT% 30.5% 29.8%
REB / G 38.8 36.4
OREB / G 11.3 12.0
AST / TO 0.88 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 44.9%
TOV% 18.0% 14.6%
ORB% 31.1% 29.5%
FT Rate 18.7% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 15.3% 17.8%
DRB% 71.6% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 26.3%

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