Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Houston Cougars
84 – 46
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Fertitta Center · March 4, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -15.0 Home covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +38 130 Won
Massey HOU -18.8 (+19.2) — —
Massey Totals — 130.7 (-0.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 96% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -18.3 (+19.7) 138.5 (-8.5) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -18.4 (+19.6) 135.0 (-5.0) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -16.2 (+21.8) 138.5 (-8.5) 89% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -16.4 (+21.6) 138.8 (-8.8) 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

Feb 5, 2023 HOU 81 – 65 TEM
Jan 22, 2023 TEM 56 – 55 HOU
Jan 2, 2022 HOU 66 – 61 TEM
Jan 23, 2021 HOU 68 – 51 TEM
Dec 23, 2020 HOU 76 – 50 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU TEM
Overall 32-6 17-12
Conference 15-3 10-7
Home 16-1 11-3
Away 7-3 5-6
Neutral 9-2 1-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 66.8
Avg Pts Against 58.8 66.4
Massey 19.8 (#5) 3.8 (#113)
Bradley-Terry 2.84 (#17) 1.10 (#95)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.67 (#15) 1.10 (#105)
RPI 0.633 (#7) 0.537 (#105)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU TEM
FG% 46.6% 40.2%
3PT% 34.1% 30.6%
REB / G 39.9 38.8
OREB / G 13.5 12.1
AST / TO 1.45 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 46.1%
TOV% 16.7% 18.2%
ORB% 37.5% 32.3%
FT Rate 19.0% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.4% 45.1%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 17.1%
DRB% 73.3% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 23.7%

Game Analysis

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