He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Memphis Tigers
65 – 67
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
American Conference · FedExForum · March 5, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -5.0 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money MEM +175 / HOU -210
Model Predictions
Spread Total MEM win
Actual HOU +2 132 Lost
Massey HOU -6.9 (+4.9) — —
Massey Totals — 141.5 (-9.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 26% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -4.3 (+2.3) 141.7 (-9.7) 35% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -3.2 (+1.2) 139.7 (-7.7) 26% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -3.9 (+1.9) 142.6 (-10.6) 32% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -3.5 (+1.5) 142.8 (-10.8) 35% ✓

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 12, 2023 MEM 75 – 65 HOU
Feb 19, 2023 HOU 72 – 64 MEM
Mar 13, 2022 HOU 71 – 53 MEM
Mar 6, 2022 MEM 75 – 61 HOU
Feb 12, 2022 MEM 69 – 59 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MEM HOU
Overall 26-9 33-4
Conference 13-5 17-1
Home 13-2 16-2
Away 7-5 11-0
Neutral 6-2 6-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.4 74.9
Avg Pts Against 71.8 57.5
Massey 10.9 (#36) 21.3 (#1)
Bradley-Terry 2.14 (#30) 3.52 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.86 (#20) 4.63 (#1)
RPI 0.606 (#16) 0.641 (#3)
Shooting & Four Factors MEM HOU
FG% 48.4% 47.1%
3PT% 34.4% 35.2%
REB / G 35.8 38.7
OREB / G 10.4 12.9
AST / TO 1.15 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 53.7%
TOV% 18.7% 15.1%
ORB% 31.2% 38.0%
FT Rate 26.3% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 42.7%
Opp TOV% 21.1% 22.5%
DRB% 68.3% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 23.9%

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