Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Houston Cougars
65 – 75
FINAL Neutral Conference American Athletic Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Over
Money HOU -250 / MEM +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual MEM +10 140 Lost
Massey HOU -9.2 (-19.2) — —
Massey Totals — 137.6 (+2.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HOU -6.2 (-16.2) 136.4 (+3.6) 68% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -6.0 (-16.0) 132.9 (+7.1) 73% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -7.3 (-17.3) 135.7 (+4.3) 77% ✗
Baseline ML HOU -6.7 (-16.7) 133.8 (+6.2) 68% ✗

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 5, 2023 HOU 67 – 65 MEM
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 HOU MEM
Overall 33-4 26-9
Conference 17-1 13-5
Home 16-2 13-2
Away 11-0 7-5
Neutral 6-2 6-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 79.4
Avg Pts Against 57.5 71.8
Massey 21.4 (#1) 12.1 (#32)
Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#1) 2.22 (#29)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.88 (#1) 3.00 (#19)
RPI 0.645 (#2) 0.599 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU MEM
FG% 46.6% 48.0%
3PT% 34.8% 35.3%
REB / G 38.7 35.9
OREB / G 12.5 10.4
AST / TO 1.50 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 53.1%
TOV% 15.3% 18.4%
ORB% 36.7% 31.0%
FT Rate 20.2% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.1% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 21.1%
DRB% 72.7% 68.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 25.7%

Game Analysis

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