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Temple Owls
91 – 85
FINAL Conference
Wichita State Shockers
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money TEM -120 / WICH +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +6 176 Won
Massey TEM -2.4 (+3.6) — —
Massey Totals — 153.3 (+22.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML TEM -1.6 (+4.4) 147.5 (+28.5) 58% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TEM -1.3 (+4.7) 150.3 (+25.7) 59% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TEM -1.2 (+4.8) 150.1 (+25.9) 57% ✓
Baseline ML TEM -0.8 (+5.2) 148.4 (+27.6) 57% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 21, 2026 WICH 69 – 57 TEM
Feb 25, 2024 TEM 72 – 66 WICH
Jan 7, 2024 TEM 68 – 61 WICH
Feb 17, 2023 WICH 79 – 65 TEM
Feb 7, 2021 WICH 70 – 67 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM WICH
Overall 17-15 19-15
Conference 9-9 8-10
Home 12-2 11-6
Away 3-9 5-7
Neutral 2-4 3-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.7 73.6
Avg Pts Against 77.6 73.1
Massey 2.1 (#125) 3.8 (#109)
Bradley-Terry 0.43 (#134) 1.49 (#70)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.41 (#143) 1.73 (#78)
RPI 0.534 (#108) 0.567 (#71)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM WICH
FG% 43.8% 45.4%
3PT% 31.8% 30.6%
REB / G 38.3 37.9
OREB / G 11.2 9.2
AST / TO 1.00 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 50.1%
TOV% 15.3% 13.8%
ORB% 30.6% 25.7%
FT Rate 30.4% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 16.0%
DRB% 68.3% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.6% 14.6%

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