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Temple Owls
81 – 83
FINAL Conference
Florida Atlantic Owls
American Conference · Liacouras Center · February 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread FAU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Over
Money TEM +170 / FAU -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual FAU +2 164 Lost
Massey FAU -0.6 (-1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 169.5 (-5.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 54% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 48% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FAU -0.0 (-2.0) 162.8 (+1.2) 48% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAU -0.9 (-1.1) 163.7 (+0.3) 46% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FAU -0.5 (-1.5) 161.2 (+2.8) 48% ✓
Baseline ML FAU -1.1 (-0.9) 161.7 (+2.3) 45% ✓

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 12, 2026 FAU 63 – 59 TEM
Feb 27, 2026 FAU 77 – 73 TEM
Jan 18, 2026 FAU 79 – 73 TEM
Mar 16, 2024 TEM 74 – 73 FAU
Feb 16, 2024 FAU 80 – 68 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM FAU
Overall 17-15 18-16
Conference 9-9 10-8
Home 12-2 8-5
Away 3-9 6-7
Neutral 2-4 4-4
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.7 78.1
Avg Pts Against 77.6 76.4
Massey 0.7 (#147) 4.4 (#103)
Bradley-Terry 0.17 (#159) 0.57 (#124)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.11 (#161) 0.83 (#109)
RPI 0.507 (#169) 0.543 (#96)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM FAU
FG% 44.5% 47.0%
3PT% 36.3% 35.9%
REB / G 37.5 36.4
OREB / G 11.7 10.6
AST / TO 0.92 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.3% 54.2%
TOV% 16.3% 16.1%
ORB% 32.6% 29.7%
FT Rate 32.6% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 17.4%
DRB% 68.7% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 23.9%

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