Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Houston Cougars
69 74
FINAL Neutral Mattress Firm Battleground 2k24
Auburn Tigers
Toyota Center (Houston) (Neutral) · November 10, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money HOU -225 / AUB +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual AUB +5 143 Lost
Massey HOU -1.7 (-6.7)
Massey Totals 153.0 (-10.0)
Bradley-Terry 28%
Weighted B-T 14%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -2.1 (-7.1) 142.1 (+0.9) 60%
Baseline ML HOU -2.7 (-7.7) 134.7 (+8.3) 54%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -0.9 (-5.9) 138.4 (+4.6) 42%

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 16, 2025 HOU 7372 AUB
Mar 18, 2023 HOU 8164 AUB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU AUB
Overall 35-5 32-6
Conference 19-1 15-3
Home 16-1 13-2
Away 10-0 8-2
Neutral 9-4 11-2
Last 5 1-0 1-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 83.0
Avg Pts Against 58.6 69.4
Massey 18.8 (#2) 17.1 (#4)
Bradley-Terry 0.39 (#146) 1.36 (#41)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.63 (#125) 2.47 (#22)
RPI 0.500 (#76) 1.000 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU AUB
FG% 58.2% 56.2%
3PT% 60.0% 45.7%
REB / G 39.0 43.0
OREB / G 11.0 8.0
AST / TO 2.11 1.67
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 67.2% 68.8%
TOV% 13.2% 12.8%
ORB% 39.3% 27.6%
FT Rate 10.4% 9.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 31.9% 30.2%
Opp TOV% 31.3% 23.1%
DRB% 77.8% 77.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 13.8%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.