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Wichita State Shockers
69 – 57
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Charles Koch Arena · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread WICH -8.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money WICH -440 / TEM +340
Model Predictions
Spread Total WICH win
Actual WICH +12 126 Won
Massey WICH -9.7 (+2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 146.2 (-20.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WICH -9.4 (+2.6) 141.3 (-15.3) 81% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WICH -9.3 (+2.7) 142.6 (-16.6) 82% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WICH -9.9 (+2.1) 142.7 (-16.7) 83% ✓
Baseline ML WICH -9.9 (+2.1) 142.5 (-16.5) 82% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 4, 2025 TEM 91 – 85 WICH
Feb 25, 2024 TEM 72 – 66 WICH
Jan 7, 2024 TEM 68 – 61 WICH
Feb 17, 2023 WICH 79 – 65 TEM
Feb 7, 2021 WICH 70 – 67 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WICH TEM
Overall 24-12 16-16
Conference 13-5 8-10
Home 15-3 10-6
Away 8-5 5-6
Neutral 1-4 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.6 73.0
Avg Pts Against 70.8 71.2
Massey 6.7 (#91) -0.1 (#164)
Bradley-Terry 0.70 (#100) -0.08 (#167)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.87 (#98) -0.19 (#176)
RPI 0.535 (#102) 0.491 (#206)
Shooting & Four Factors WICH TEM
FG% 43.9% 43.8%
3PT% 33.4% 33.3%
REB / G 40.7 34.0
OREB / G 14.6 10.6
AST / TO 1.13 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 49.9%
TOV% 15.0% 13.8%
ORB% 37.9% 30.7%
FT Rate 24.5% 31.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 15.4%
DRB% 70.5% 69.4%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 24.9%

Game Analysis

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