I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
East Carolina Pirates
80 – 79
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum · January 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ECU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money ECU -155 / TEM +135
Model Predictions
Spread Total ECU win
Actual ECU +1 159 Won
Massey ECU -0.0 (+1.0) — —
Massey Totals — 146.0 (+13.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 29% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ECU -0.0 (+1.0) 144.4 (+14.6) 50% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ECU -1.0 (+0.0) 147.4 (+11.6) 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TEM -0.1 (+1.1) 146.8 (+12.2) 53% ✓
Baseline ML TEM -0.3 (+1.3) 145.6 (+13.4) 52% ✓

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 7, 2026 TEM 81 – 73 ECU
Jan 8, 2026 TEM 75 – 67 ECU
Feb 1, 2025 TEM 98 – 94 ECU
Jan 28, 2024 ECU 70 – 64 TEM
Jan 11, 2024 ECU 73 – 62 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ECU TEM
Overall 19-14 17-15
Conference 10-8 9-9
Home 12-6 12-2
Away 4-6 3-9
Neutral 3-2 2-4
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.0 77.7
Avg Pts Against 73.9 77.6
Massey -1.7 (#192) 2.3 (#121)
Bradley-Terry -1.01 (#263) 0.57 (#122)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.20 (#258) 0.56 (#135)
RPI 0.447 (#269) 0.548 (#87)
Shooting & Four Factors ECU TEM
FG% 41.0% 44.3%
3PT% 26.2% 32.8%
REB / G 36.9 38.2
OREB / G 13.7 11.2
AST / TO 1.10 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.5% 49.8%
TOV% 15.1% 15.7%
ORB% 35.0% 30.8%
FT Rate 27.9% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 16.2%
DRB% 69.6% 68.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 22.8%

Game Analysis

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