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Houston Cougars
74 – 55
FINAL Conference
South Florida Bulls
American Conference · Fertitta Center · January 19, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -18.5 Home covered
O/U 124.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +19 129 Won
Massey HOU -25.5 (-6.5) — —
Massey Totals — 120.3 (+8.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -19.4 (-0.4) 132.4 (-3.4) 90% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -18.9 (+0.1) 128.4 (+0.6) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -19.8 (-0.8) 133.3 (-4.3) 91% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -20.3 (-1.3) 132.7 (-3.7) 90% ✓

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 6, 2022 HOU 83 – 66 USF
Feb 28, 2021 HOU 98 – 52 USF
Feb 11, 2021 HOU 82 – 65 USF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU USF
Overall 32-6 8-23
Conference 15-3 3-15
Home 16-1 6-10
Away 7-3 2-9
Neutral 9-2 0-4
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 74.8 57.5
Avg Pts Against 58.8 64.9
Massey 20.1 (#5) -1.7 (#204)
Bradley-Terry 3.12 (#14) -0.64 (#230)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.44 (#9) -0.41 (#200)
RPI 0.639 (#13) 0.463 (#231)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU USF
FG% 46.9% 38.4%
3PT% 35.3% 24.6%
REB / G 39.4 36.0
OREB / G 14.3 11.5
AST / TO 1.42 0.89
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.9% 42.3%
TOV% 16.4% 18.6%
ORB% 39.6% 31.1%
FT Rate 19.7% 18.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.3% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 24.2% 19.2%
DRB% 71.5% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 21.8%

Game Analysis

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