Everybody know I'm a motherfucking monster. "Monster" - Kanye West
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
80 – 72
FINAL Conference
Rice Owls
Conference USA · Thomas Assembly Center · February 3, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread LT -5.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money LT -225 / RICE +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total LT win
Actual LT +8 152 Won
Massey LT -5.0 (+3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 154.5 (-2.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 55% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LT -3.4 (+4.6) 149.0 (+3.0) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LT -4.1 (+3.9) 149.1 (+2.9) 72% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LT -3.1 (+4.9) 148.9 (+3.1) 65% ✓
Baseline ML LT -2.8 (+5.2) 150.6 (+1.4) 64% ✓

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 6, 2023 LT 88 – 82 RICE
Feb 25, 2022 LT 83 – 79 RICE
Jan 28, 2022 LT 80 – 63 RICE
Feb 27, 2021 LT 79 – 58 RICE
Feb 27, 2021 LT 101 – 57 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LT RICE
Overall 15-18 19-16
Conference 7-13 8-12
Home 9-6 11-7
Away 4-11 6-7
Neutral 1-1 2-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 75.2
Avg Pts Against 72.0 78.6
Massey 1.9 (#132) 0.4 (#162)
Bradley-Terry 0.07 (#165) 0.81 (#101)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.06 (#167) 0.61 (#128)
RPI 0.513 (#155) 0.529 (#125)
Shooting & Four Factors LT RICE
FG% 45.0% 46.8%
3PT% 34.9% 35.2%
REB / G 32.7 35.0
OREB / G 9.2 8.3
AST / TO 0.92 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 54.0%
TOV% 19.8% 19.3%
ORB% 28.1% 25.1%
FT Rate 21.4% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.9% 53.3%
Opp TOV% 21.9% 17.2%
DRB% 71.5% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 15.2%

Game Analysis

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