Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
(1) Houston Cougars
69 50
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(2) Tennessee Volunteers
Lucas Oil Stadium (Neutral) · March 30, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 126.5 Under
Money HOU -155 / TENN +135
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +19 119 Won
Massey HOU -3.0 (+16.0)
Massey Totals 119.3 (-0.3)
Bradley-Terry 49%
Weighted B-T 47%
Baseline ML HOU -4.8 (+14.2) 123.6 (-4.6) 75%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -4.8 (+14.2) 124.6 (-5.6) 68%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -4.4 (+14.6) 123.5 (-4.5) 73%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -5.3 (+13.7) 121.3 (-2.3) 66%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 25, 2025 TENN 7673 HOU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU TENN
Overall 35-5 30-8
Conference 19-1 12-6
Home 16-1 16-1
Away 10-0 6-5
Neutral 9-4 8-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 74.0
Avg Pts Against 58.6 63.1
Massey 24.9 (#3) 22.0 (#6)
Bradley-Terry 4.28 (#5) 4.34 (#3)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.41 (#4) 5.53 (#3)
RPI 0.653 (#4) 0.641 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU TENN
FG% 45.5% 45.6%
3PT% 39.8% 34.3%
REB / G 36.5 36.4
OREB / G 12.6 11.5
AST / TO 1.34 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 53.0%
TOV% 14.3% 16.2%
ORB% 36.7% 35.7%
FT Rate 20.7% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 44.8%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 17.8%
DRB% 71.4% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 21.3%

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