And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Houston Cougars
73 – 62
FINAL Conference
Tulane Green Wave
American Conference · Fertitta Center · February 3, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -18.0 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money HOU -2400 / TULN +1100
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +11 135 Won
Massey HOU -20.3 (-9.3) — —
Massey Totals — 137.5 (-2.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -16.7 (-5.7) 139.3 (-4.3) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -17.0 (-6.0) 138.2 (-3.2) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -16.0 (-5.0) 139.5 (-4.5) 90% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -17.3 (-6.3) 138.6 (-3.6) 89% ✓

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 23, 2023 HOU 89 – 59 TULN
Jan 18, 2023 HOU 80 – 60 TULN
Mar 12, 2022 HOU 86 – 66 TULN
Feb 24, 2022 HOU 81 – 67 TULN
Mar 13, 2021 HOU 77 – 52 TULN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU TULN
Overall 32-6 14-15
Conference 15-3 10-8
Home 16-1 9-4
Away 7-3 3-8
Neutral 9-2 2-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 73.1
Avg Pts Against 58.8 71.7
Massey 20.8 (#3) 3.8 (#114)
Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#11) 0.31 (#147)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.39 (#7) 0.11 (#170)
RPI 0.639 (#7) 0.513 (#154)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU TULN
FG% 46.5% 44.6%
3PT% 35.4% 36.8%
REB / G 39.6 31.6
OREB / G 14.0 7.2
AST / TO 1.46 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 51.5%
TOV% 16.3% 15.6%
ORB% 38.8% 21.0%
FT Rate 19.8% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.7% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 23.9% 21.4%
DRB% 71.5% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 21.4%

Game Analysis

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