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Memphis Tigers
75 – 61
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
American Conference · FedExForum · March 6, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -2.0 Home covered
O/U 139.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total MEM win
Actual MEM +14 136 Won
Massey HOU -5.8 (+19.8) — —
Massey Totals — 140.5 (-4.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 32% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 32% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HOU -1.2 (+15.2) 141.5 (-5.5) 53% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -1.7 (+15.7) 137.6 (-1.6) 45% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -1.9 (+15.9) 142.3 (-6.3) 39% ✗
Baseline ML HOU -1.7 (+15.7) 142.2 (-6.2) 48% ✗

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 12, 2023 MEM 75 – 65 HOU
Mar 5, 2023 HOU 67 – 65 MEM
Feb 19, 2023 HOU 72 – 64 MEM
Mar 13, 2022 HOU 71 – 53 MEM
Feb 12, 2022 MEM 69 – 59 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MEM HOU
Overall 22-11 32-6
Conference 13-5 15-3
Home 13-2 16-1
Away 5-6 7-3
Neutral 4-3 9-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 74.8
Avg Pts Against 68.3 58.8
Massey 11.7 (#30) 20.3 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#64) 2.85 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.32 (#45) 3.65 (#15)
RPI 0.580 (#47) 0.631 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors MEM HOU
FG% 47.3% 46.8%
3PT% 36.0% 34.3%
REB / G 38.5 39.8
OREB / G 12.3 13.5
AST / TO 0.99 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 53.5%
TOV% 22.7% 16.7%
ORB% 36.6% 37.7%
FT Rate 26.5% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 43.2%
Opp TOV% 21.1% 22.1%
DRB% 68.3% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.9% 24.7%

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