And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Conference USA · Ocean Bank Convocation Center · February 12, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread FIU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money FIU -138 / RICE +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total FIU win
Actual RICE +7 163 Lost
Massey FIU -1.1 (-8.1)
Massey Totals 156.2 (+6.8)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 56%
Baseline Plus ML FIU -1.0 (-8.0) 152.1 (+10.9) 56%
Baseline ML FIU -1.3 (-8.3) 151.9 (+11.1) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML FIU -1.4 (-8.4) 150.4 (+12.6) 58%
Efficiency Plus ML RICE -0.4 (-6.6) 151.3 (+11.7) 51%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 6, 2024 RICE 7770 FIU
Mar 4, 2023 FIU 9083 RICE
Feb 20, 2022 FIU 8078 RICE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FIU RICE
Overall 14-18 19-16
Conference 8-12 8-12
Home 11-7 11-7
Away 3-10 6-7
Neutral 0-1 2-2
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.5 75.2
Avg Pts Against 75.5 78.6
Massey -2.3 (#214) 0.2 (#161)
Bradley-Terry 0.20 (#152) 0.55 (#124)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#184) 0.38 (#142)
RPI 0.495 (#191) 0.517 (#143)
Shooting & Four Factors FIU RICE
FG% 46.2% 46.7%
3PT% 31.6% 35.7%
REB / G 31.3 34.3
OREB / G 8.3 8.1
AST / TO 0.78 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 54.0%
TOV% 21.2% 18.9%
ORB% 24.9% 24.4%
FT Rate 19.4% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 23.1% 16.8%
DRB% 64.6% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.8% 17.6%

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