He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
(2) Houston Cougars
67 – 61
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(12) Oregon State Beavers
Lucas Oil Stadium (Neutral) · March 29, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money HOU -333 / ORST +333
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +6 128 Won
Massey HOU -11.5 (-5.5) — —
Massey Totals — 131.2 (-3.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -8.0 (-2.0) 132.7 (-4.7) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOU -7.8 (-1.8) 127.5 (+0.5) 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOU -8.2 (-2.2) 132.7 (-4.7) 77% ✓
Baseline ML HOU -7.7 (-1.7) 129.6 (-1.6) 78% ✓

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 ORST
Overall 28-4 20-13
Conference 14-3 10-10
Home 15-0 10-6
Away 5-3 4-6
Neutral 8-1 6-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 69.1
Avg Pts Against 58.6 68.4
Massey 20.5 (#4) 8.9 (#60)
Bradley-Terry 3.26 (#4) 2.22 (#28)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.13 (#5) 3.00 (#26)
RPI 0.641 (#2) 0.559 (#61)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU ORST
FG% 43.6% 42.6%
3PT% 35.0% 35.0%
REB / G 40.4 34.1
OREB / G 14.2 10.2
AST / TO 1.28 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 48.8%
TOV% 16.1% 17.7%
ORB% 39.5% 30.1%
FT Rate 22.9% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.9% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 21.6% 18.1%
DRB% 72.6% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 27.5% 28.0%

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