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Houston Cougars
60 – 46
FINAL Neutral Conference American Athletic Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 10, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -23.0 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money HOU -10000 / ECU +2000
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +14 106 Won
Massey HOU -22.5 (-8.5) — —
Massey Totals — 126.3 (-20.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -19.6 (-5.6) 131.5 (-25.5) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -17.6 (-3.6) 129.1 (-23.1) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -18.2 (-4.2) 132.4 (-26.4) 88% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -19.5 (-5.5) 134.4 (-28.4) 89% ✓

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 26, 2023 HOU 76 – 57 ECU
Jan 22, 2022 HOU 79 – 36 ECU
Feb 3, 2021 ECU 82 – 73 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU ECU
Overall 33-4 16-17
Conference 17-1 6-12
Home 16-2 10-6
Away 11-0 2-9
Neutral 6-2 4-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 68.8
Avg Pts Against 57.5 70.5
Massey 21.3 (#1) -1.3 (#196)
Bradley-Terry 3.70 (#1) -0.08 (#180)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.77 (#1) 0.05 (#165)
RPI 0.644 (#3) 0.479 (#220)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU ECU
FG% 47.1% 40.8%
3PT% 35.2% 32.0%
REB / G 38.5 36.9
OREB / G 12.8 12.4
AST / TO 1.52 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 47.5%
TOV% 15.3% 19.1%
ORB% 37.8% 33.5%
FT Rate 19.9% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.7% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 17.4%
DRB% 72.1% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 23.3%

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