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Houston Cougars
53 – 48
FINAL Neutral Battleground 2k22
Saint Mary's Gaels
Dickies Arena (Neutral) · December 4, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 118.5 Under
Money HOU -500 / SMC +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +5 101 Won
Massey HOU -12.5 (-7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 112.0 (-11.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -7.7 (-2.7) 125.1 (-24.1) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -8.3 (-3.3) 119.2 (-18.2) 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -7.2 (-2.2) 122.7 (-21.7) 78% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -7.3 (-2.3) 123.7 (-22.7) 77% ✓

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 SMC
Overall 33-4 27-8
Conference 17-1 14-2
Home 16-2 16-2
Away 11-0 6-2
Neutral 6-2 5-4
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 70.3
Avg Pts Against 57.5 60.0
Massey 23.8 (#1) 11.3 (#31)
Bradley-Terry 3.25 (#10) 1.45 (#67)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.74 (#8) 2.45 (#59)
RPI 0.654 (#14) 0.597 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU SMC
FG% 47.8% 45.3%
3PT% 35.0% 37.4%
REB / G 42.1 37.6
OREB / G 14.1 10.6
AST / TO 1.30 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 52.0%
TOV% 17.1% 17.0%
ORB% 40.6% 31.5%
FT Rate 18.7% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 34.2% 44.6%
Opp TOV% 24.7% 21.6%
DRB% 70.0% 80.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 19.3%

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