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Houston Cougars
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FINAL Neutral Players Era Festival
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · November 26, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money HOU -800 / ND +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +10 122 Won
Massey HOU -7.3 (+2.7)
Massey Totals 132.8 (-10.8)
Bradley-Terry 84%
Weighted B-T 92%
Efficiency Plus ML HOU -8.3 (+1.7) 130.8 (-8.8) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML HOU -6.5 (+3.5) 132.5 (-10.5) 80%
Baseline ML HOU -5.4 (+4.6) 134.6 (-12.6) 68%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -6.2 (+3.8) 132.7 (-10.7) 73%

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 28, 2024 HOU 6554 ND

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOU ND
Overall 30-7 13-18
Conference 14-4 4-14
Home 15-1 10-7
Away 6-3 2-9
Neutral 9-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 76.9 74.5
Avg Pts Against 62.3 75.3
Massey 14.1 (#24) 6.8 (#84)
Bradley-Terry 2.67 (#26) 1.02 (#107)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.99 (#25) 1.53 (#104)
RPI 0.637 (#27) 0.554 (#101)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU ND
FG% 44.5% 47.9%
3PT% 33.0% 37.3%
REB / G 39.9 38.1
OREB / G 14.3 12.0
AST / TO 1.64 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 55.2%
TOV% 15.0% 17.8%
ORB% 38.5% 36.4%
FT Rate 15.5% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.7% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 18.0%
DRB% 68.6% 75.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.9% 25.1%

Game Analysis

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