I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Temple Owls
70 – 61
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 1, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money TEM +155 / CIN -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +9 131 Won
Massey CIN -2.1 (+11.1) — —
Massey Totals — 145.5 (-14.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 49% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CIN -2.3 (+11.3) 144.2 (-13.2) 39% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CIN -1.8 (+10.8) 141.2 (-10.2) 39% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -1.6 (+10.6) 144.1 (-13.1) 44% ✗
Baseline ML CIN -2.2 (+11.2) 144.9 (-13.9) 38% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 10, 2023 CIN 84 – 54 TEM
Feb 23, 2023 CIN 88 – 83 TEM
Feb 20, 2022 TEM 75 – 71 CIN
Jan 26, 2022 TEM 61 – 58 CIN
Feb 13, 2021 CIN 71 – 69 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM CIN
Overall 16-16 23-13
Conference 10-8 11-7
Home 9-7 16-3
Away 5-6 5-7
Neutral 2-3 2-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 76.5
Avg Pts Against 70.2 69.7
Massey 0.0 (#171) 6.6 (#78)
Bradley-Terry -0.19 (#193) 0.70 (#113)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#184) 0.80 (#111)
RPI 0.512 (#156) 0.539 (#107)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM CIN
FG% 42.8% 46.1%
3PT% 32.8% 34.1%
REB / G 34.0 37.0
OREB / G 9.1 11.0
AST / TO 0.97 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 52.9%
TOV% 19.9% 15.1%
ORB% 27.1% 30.8%
FT Rate 25.5% 19.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 18.9%
DRB% 68.2% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 22.7%

Game Analysis

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