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Houston Cougars
78 74 OT
FINAL Neutral Players Era Festival
Syracuse Orange
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · November 24, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -13.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money HOU -6500 / SYR +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +4 152 Won
Massey HOU -1.2 (+2.8)
Massey Totals 125.0 (+27.0)
Bradley-Terry 78%
Weighted B-T 80%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -4.9 (-0.9) 133.2 (+18.8) 65%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -1.3 (+2.7) 124.2 (+27.8) 60%
Baseline ML SYR -0.3 (+4.3) 124.0 (+28.0) 47%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -1.4 (+2.6) 125.6 (+26.4) 41%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 28, 2021 HOU 6246 SYR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU SYR
Overall 30-7 15-17
Conference 14-4 6-12
Home 15-1 12-6
Away 6-3 2-7
Neutral 9-3 1-4
Last 5 5-0 4-0
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 76.9 75.0
Avg Pts Against 62.3 74.2
Massey 12.6 (#31) 11.4 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 2.59 (#24) 1.31 (#96)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.28 (#40) 1.87 (#101)
RPI 0.604 (#55) 0.478 (#215)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU SYR
FG% 45.8% 52.5%
3PT% 30.6% 33.3%
REB / G 39.4 37.8
OREB / G 13.6 9.8
AST / TO 1.79 1.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 58.1%
TOV% 14.5% 13.8%
ORB% 37.8% 30.5%
FT Rate 13.2% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 39.3% 34.7%
Opp TOV% 23.5% 24.3%
DRB% 70.1% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 24.8%

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