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Temple Owls
98 – 94 OT
FINAL Conference
East Carolina Pirates
American Conference · Liacouras Center · February 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money TEM -150 / ECU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +4 192 Won
Massey TEM -5.1 (-1.1) — —
Massey Totals — 150.8 (+41.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TEM -4.4 (-0.4) 146.8 (+45.2) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TEM -3.4 (+0.6) 148.0 (+44.0) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TEM -4.8 (-0.8) 149.2 (+42.8) 70% ✓
Baseline ML TEM -4.7 (-0.7) 147.0 (+45.0) 70% ✓

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 7, 2026 TEM 81 – 73 ECU
Jan 8, 2026 TEM 75 – 67 ECU
Jan 9, 2025 ECU 80 – 79 TEM
Jan 28, 2024 ECU 70 – 64 TEM
Jan 11, 2024 ECU 73 – 62 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM ECU
Overall 17-15 19-14
Conference 9-9 10-8
Home 12-2 12-6
Away 3-9 4-6
Neutral 2-4 3-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 77.6 73.9
Massey 1.9 (#130) 0.1 (#164)
Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#125) -0.03 (#176)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#136) -0.25 (#189)
RPI 0.540 (#107) 0.499 (#182)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM ECU
FG% 44.3% 41.9%
3PT% 35.6% 29.6%
REB / G 38.2 37.0
OREB / G 11.9 13.4
AST / TO 0.88 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 47.1%
TOV% 16.9% 16.3%
ORB% 33.3% 35.3%
FT Rate 32.4% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 18.8%
DRB% 69.2% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 22.3%

Game Analysis

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