Four young chiquitas in Omaha waitin' for the band to return from the show. "We're an American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
Fertitta Center · December 5, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -8.0 Home covered
O/U 134.0 Over
Money HOU -410 / SC +330
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +10 144 Won
Massey HOU -25.9 (-15.9) — —
Massey Totals — 127.7 (+16.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -18.9 (-8.9) 131.4 (+12.6) 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -23.4 (-13.4) 133.1 (+10.9) 89% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -22.8 (-12.8) 131.1 (+12.9) 89% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU SC
Overall 28-4 6-15
Conference 14-3 4-12
Home 15-0 3-6
Away 5-3 2-7
Neutral 8-1 1-2
Last 5 3-0 1-1
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 74.9 72.5
Avg Pts Against 58.6 79.1
Massey 15.6 (#5) -1.0 (#154)
Bradley-Terry 1.67 (#34) -0.24 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.41 (#38) -0.28 (#153)
RPI 0.708 (#23) 0.510 (#115)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU SC
FG% 39.4% 43.4%
3PT% 35.1% 30.0%
REB / G 44.7 32.5
OREB / G 15.7 12.0
AST / TO 0.70 0.54
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 48.7%
TOV% 19.1% 26.2%
ORB% 42.0% 36.9%
FT Rate 25.0% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 38.8% 55.5%
Opp TOV% 25.5% 26.9%
DRB% 77.0% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.6% 25.0%

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