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South Florida Bulls
66 – 83
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
American Conference · Yuengling Center · January 6, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -14.5 Away covered
O/U 121.5 Over
Money USF +700 / HOU -1100
Model Predictions
Spread Total USF win
Actual HOU +17 149 Lost
Massey HOU -20.5 (+3.5) — —
Massey Totals — 115.1 (+33.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 4% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -16.6 (-0.4) 129.6 (+19.4) 13% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -13.5 (-3.5) 126.7 (+22.3) 11% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -15.1 (-1.9) 124.6 (+24.4) 14% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -17.6 (+0.6) 127.4 (+21.6) 12% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 12, 2023 HOU 83 – 77 USF
Jan 19, 2022 HOU 74 – 55 USF
Feb 28, 2021 HOU 98 – 52 USF
Feb 11, 2021 HOU 82 – 65 USF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USF HOU
Overall 8-23 32-6
Conference 3-15 15-3
Home 6-10 16-1
Away 2-9 7-3
Neutral 0-4 9-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 57.5 74.8
Avg Pts Against 64.9 58.8
Massey -4.0 (#244) 20.8 (#4)
Bradley-Terry -1.06 (#265) 2.77 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.32 (#266) 4.04 (#19)
RPI 0.435 (#281) 0.627 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors USF HOU
FG% 37.3% 47.2%
3PT% 23.0% 36.1%
REB / G 35.9 39.4
OREB / G 11.4 14.3
AST / TO 0.84 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 40.9% 54.3%
TOV% 17.8% 16.4%
ORB% 30.4% 39.4%
FT Rate 17.6% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.3% 44.1%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 25.7%
DRB% 70.8% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 22.2%

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