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Temple Owls
88 – 81
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -7.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money TEM +270 / MEM -340
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +7 169 Won
Massey MEM -7.0 (+14.0) — —
Massey Totals — 157.3 (+11.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 7% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MEM -5.3 (+12.3) 151.1 (+17.9) 34% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MEM -5.6 (+12.6) 156.0 (+13.0) 38% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -6.2 (+13.2) 153.0 (+16.0) 26% ✗
Baseline ML MEM -5.5 (+12.5) 153.1 (+15.9) 32% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 15, 2026 MEM 55 – 53 TEM
Feb 9, 2025 MEM 90 – 82 TEM
Feb 9, 2024 MEM 84 – 77 TEM
Feb 12, 2023 MEM 86 – 77 TEM
Jan 15, 2023 MEM 61 – 59 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM MEM
Overall 17-15 29-6
Conference 9-9 16-2
Home 12-2 13-2
Away 3-9 11-2
Neutral 2-4 5-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 79.9
Avg Pts Against 77.6 73.4
Massey 2.4 (#119) 13.1 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 0.46 (#124) 3.75 (#11)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#128) 4.51 (#12)
RPI 0.543 (#93) 0.700 (#2)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM MEM
FG% 43.8% 46.5%
3PT% 34.9% 40.0%
REB / G 38.3 35.4
OREB / G 11.2 11.0
AST / TO 0.93 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.5% 53.5%
TOV% 16.0% 20.4%
ORB% 31.0% 33.1%
FT Rate 32.3% 33.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 19.4%
DRB% 67.5% 65.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 23.7%

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