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(2) Houston Cougars
63 – 60
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Lucas Oil Stadium (Neutral) · March 21, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money HOU -300 / RUTG +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +3 123 Won
Massey HOU -8.6 (-5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 130.6 (-7.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -7.4 (-4.4) 133.6 (-10.6) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -7.5 (-4.5) 129.7 (-6.7) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -7.7 (-4.7) 133.5 (-10.5) 77% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -7.6 (-4.6) 131.2 (-8.2) 77% ✓

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 RUTG
Overall 28-4 16-12
Conference 14-3 10-10
Home 15-0 10-4
Away 5-3 4-6
Neutral 8-1 2-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 69.2
Avg Pts Against 58.6 67.6
Massey 20.2 (#4) 11.6 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 3.02 (#8) 2.21 (#29)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.91 (#8) 2.92 (#27)
RPI 0.635 (#2) 0.564 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU RUTG
FG% 44.0% 44.9%
3PT% 35.2% 30.8%
REB / G 40.5 35.5
OREB / G 14.3 9.9
AST / TO 1.27 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 50.0%
TOV% 16.1% 16.6%
ORB% 39.8% 27.8%
FT Rate 23.3% 17.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.0% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 18.8%
DRB% 72.1% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 27.9% 23.0%

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