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Houston Cougars
76 – 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money HOU -250 / MEM +275
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +2 150 Won
Massey HOU -8.4 (-6.4) — —
Massey Totals — 130.6 (+19.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -6.6 (-4.6) 131.6 (+18.4) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -5.9 (-3.9) 130.4 (+19.6) 76% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -6.9 (-4.9) 131.8 (+18.2) 77% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -6.0 (-4.0) 128.6 (+21.4) 74% ✓

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 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 74.9 72.4
Avg Pts Against 58.6 62.7
Massey 19.0 (#6) 10.6 (#46)
Bradley-Terry 2.93 (#8) 1.70 (#53)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.78 (#9) 2.41 (#48)
RPI 0.629 (#4) 0.568 (#51)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU MEM
FG% 43.1% 44.1%
3PT% 35.0% 35.5%
REB / G 40.7 40.2
OREB / G 14.6 12.3
AST / TO 1.19 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 50.4%
TOV% 16.5% 22.5%
ORB% 39.5% 33.9%
FT Rate 23.2% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.0% 43.6%
Opp TOV% 22.5% 22.5%
DRB% 72.4% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 28.9% 24.2%

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