But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Temple Owls
51 – 68
FINAL Conference
Houston Cougars
American Conference · Liacouras Center · January 23, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 130.5 Under
Money TEM +650 / HOU -800
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual HOU +17 119 Lost
Massey HOU -12.5 (-4.5) — —
Massey Totals — 127.4 (-8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 11% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 3% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -10.0 (-7.0) 131.3 (-12.3) 21% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -11.1 (-5.9) 130.9 (-11.9) 19% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -9.7 (-7.3) 131.7 (-12.7) 18% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -9.3 (-7.7) 129.8 (-10.8) 20% ✓

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
Mar 4, 2022 HOU 84 – 46 TEM
Jan 2, 2022 HOU 66 – 61 TEM
Dec 23, 2020 HOU 76 – 50 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM HOU
Overall 5-11 28-4
Conference 4-10 14-3
Home 3-5 15-0
Away 2-5 5-3
Neutral 0-1 8-1
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.8 74.9
Avg Pts Against 68.8 58.6
Massey 3.4 (#116) 18.7 (#5)
Bradley-Terry 1.41 (#76) 3.97 (#3)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#67) 6.09 (#3)
RPI 0.574 (#63) 0.681 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM HOU
FG% 38.0% 41.2%
3PT% 34.1% 33.2%
REB / G 39.2 42.5
OREB / G 10.8 16.2
AST / TO 1.00 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.9% 47.9%
TOV% 19.8% 18.1%
ORB% 28.4% 42.2%
FT Rate 29.1% 26.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 41.9%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 24.2%
DRB% 72.3% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 30.1%

Game Analysis

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