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Memphis Tigers
74 70
FINAL Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · FedExForum · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -12.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money MEM -1400 / ECU +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total MEM win
Actual MEM +4 144 Won
Massey MEM -19.3 (-15.3)
Massey Totals 150.4 (-6.4)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 100%
Efficiency Plus ML MEM -13.7 (-9.7) 146.3 (-2.3) 87%
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -16.0 (-12.0) 146.8 (-2.8) 89%
Baseline ML MEM -16.4 (-12.4) 149.2 (-5.2) 89%
Baseline Plus ML MEM -14.6 (-10.6) 147.5 (-3.5) 87%

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 1, 2026 ECU 8468 MEM
Mar 1, 2024 MEM 8258 ECU
Jan 7, 2023 MEM 6959 ECU
Jan 28, 2022 MEM 7154 ECU
Jan 15, 2022 ECU 7271 MEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MEM ECU
Overall 29-6 19-14
Conference 16-2 10-8
Home 13-2 12-6
Away 11-2 4-6
Neutral 5-2 3-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.9 74.0
Avg Pts Against 73.4 73.9
Massey 13.8 (#34) -1.6 (#191)
Bradley-Terry 3.63 (#12) -0.62 (#227)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.44 (#14) -0.92 (#232)
RPI 0.709 (#2) 0.466 (#233)
Shooting & Four Factors MEM ECU
FG% 46.9% 41.3%
3PT% 41.1% 26.1%
REB / G 35.4 37.2
OREB / G 10.9 13.9
AST / TO 0.87 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 45.7%
TOV% 20.3% 15.1%
ORB% 33.1% 35.5%
FT Rate 33.4% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 19.5%
DRB% 65.9% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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