And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Temple Owls
61 – 58
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 26, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -4.0 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money TEM +155 / CIN -180
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +3 119 Won
Massey CIN -2.8 (+5.8) — —
Massey Totals — 130.1 (-11.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 58% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 40% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CIN -1.9 (+4.9) 136.6 (-17.6) 42% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CIN -2.2 (+5.2) 138.1 (-19.1) 45% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -1.6 (+4.6) 136.3 (-17.3) 47% ✗
Baseline ML CIN -1.8 (+4.8) 137.6 (-18.6) 38% ✗

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 10, 2023 CIN 84 – 54 TEM
Feb 23, 2023 CIN 88 – 83 TEM
Jan 1, 2023 TEM 70 – 61 CIN
Feb 20, 2022 TEM 75 – 71 CIN
Feb 13, 2021 CIN 71 – 69 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM CIN
Overall 17-12 18-15
Conference 10-7 7-11
Home 11-3 12-6
Away 5-6 4-7
Neutral 1-3 2-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.8 69.4
Avg Pts Against 66.4 66.2
Massey 2.3 (#127) 8.4 (#62)
Bradley-Terry 1.03 (#98) 1.27 (#81)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.81 (#119) 1.85 (#68)
RPI 0.529 (#122) 0.543 (#96)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM CIN
FG% 41.4% 42.4%
3PT% 29.5% 33.2%
REB / G 37.7 38.6
OREB / G 11.9 11.9
AST / TO 1.01 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.0% 49.1%
TOV% 18.3% 15.3%
ORB% 33.3% 32.1%
FT Rate 26.4% 18.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.0% 42.3%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 18.6%
DRB% 68.4% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.7% 22.7%

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