I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam. "Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
Houston Cougars
67 – 64
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Fertitta Center · March 7, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money HOU -600 / MEM +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +3 131 Won
Massey HOU -11.6 (-8.6) — —
Massey Totals — 131.8 (-0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -11.5 (-8.5) 135.2 (-4.2) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -10.3 (-7.3) 135.9 (-4.9) 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -11.4 (-8.4) 133.1 (-2.1) 87% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -10.9 (-7.9) 136.3 (-5.3) 86% ✓

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
Mar 6, 2022 MEM 75 – 61 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU MEM
Overall 28-4 20-8
Conference 14-3 11-4
Home 15-0 10-1
Away 5-3 4-3
Neutral 8-1 6-4
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 74.9 72.4
Avg Pts Against 58.6 62.7
Massey 19.4 (#6) 10.3 (#48)
Bradley-Terry 2.92 (#8) 1.76 (#55)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#9) 2.43 (#49)
RPI 0.626 (#7) 0.564 (#61)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU MEM
FG% 43.4% 43.9%
3PT% 35.3% 35.4%
REB / G 40.7 40.6
OREB / G 14.5 12.6
AST / TO 1.21 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 50.2%
TOV% 16.5% 22.6%
ORB% 39.6% 34.5%
FT Rate 23.1% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.4% 43.6%
Opp TOV% 22.7% 22.8%
DRB% 72.1% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 29.2% 24.2%

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