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Houston Cougars
71 – 53
FINAL Neutral Conference Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -4.0 Home covered
O/U 134.0 Under
Money HOU -180 / MEM +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +18 124 Won
Massey HOU -7.1 (+10.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.5 (-14.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -5.2 (+12.8) 136.1 (-12.1) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -4.6 (+13.4) 133.7 (-9.7) 69% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -5.1 (+12.9) 138.4 (-14.4) 69% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -4.8 (+13.2) 135.4 (-11.4) 66% ✓

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 6, 2022 MEM 75 – 61 HOU
Feb 12, 2022 MEM 69 – 59 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU MEM
Overall 32-6 22-11
Conference 15-3 13-5
Home 16-1 13-2
Away 7-3 5-6
Neutral 9-2 4-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 75.2
Avg Pts Against 58.8 68.3
Massey 19.7 (#3) 12.6 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 2.67 (#19) 1.82 (#46)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.40 (#17) 2.60 (#38)
RPI 0.625 (#7) 0.585 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU MEM
FG% 47.0% 47.2%
3PT% 34.1% 36.4%
REB / G 39.4 38.9
OREB / G 13.4 12.6
AST / TO 1.46 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 52.8%
TOV% 17.2% 22.8%
ORB% 37.9% 37.7%
FT Rate 19.1% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.5% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 21.1%
DRB% 72.7% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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