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Houston

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Also known as: Houston Cougars, Houston
Program History
Coach: Kelvin Sampson

2015 Team Stats (3 games)

62.0
PPG
64.7
Opp
-2.7
Margin
40.7%
FG%
32.1%
3P%
79.4%
FT%
34.3
RPG
11.0
APG
13.7
TO
-
Est. poss./game
63.7
Adj PPG
66.0
Adj Opp PPG
#206
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2014-2015
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 995 (#177) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 914 (#245) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +90 elo More → 949 (#249) HCA +90 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.9 More → -2.3 (#204) HCA +2.9
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More → -1.0 (#193) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.449 (#197) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -2.4 More → 0.430 (#186) AdjNet -2.4
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -2.5 More → 0.429 (#186) AdjNet -2.5
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 63.7 | AdjD 66.0 More → 0.448 (#206) AdjO 63.7 | AdjD 66.0
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 62.8 | AdjD 64.2 More → 0.468 (#203) AdjO 62.8 | AdjD 64.2
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.439 (#206) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.443 (#210) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 130 | GP 32 More → 953 (#209) RD 130 | GP 32

2015 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2014-11-14 @ Murray State Racers W 77 - 74
2014-11-22 vs Morgan State Bears W 72 - 57
2014-11-25 @ Harvard Crimson L 63 - 84
2014-12-04 vs UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros W 72 - 58
2014-12-06 vs Abilene Christian Wildcats W 71 - 59
2014-12-16 vs Houston Christian Huskies W 83 - 76
2014-12-17 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions L 56 - 61
2014-12-20 vs South Carolina State Bulldogs L 63 - 71
2014-12-22 vs Boise State Broncos L 73 - 75
2014-12-23 @ Texas Tech Red Raiders W 82 - 69
2014-12-28 vs Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils W 80 - 53
2014-12-31 @ Memphis Tigers L 54 - 73
2015-01-04 @ Tulsa Golden Hurricane L 54 - 72
2015-01-06 vs UCF Knights L 78 - 79
2015-01-11 vs Memphis Tigers L 44 - 62
2015-01-14 @ East Carolina Pirates L 61 - 66
2015-01-17 vs Tulane Green Wave L 65 - 68
2015-01-21 @ Cincinnati Bearcats L 54 - 67
2015-01-24 @ SMU Mustangs L 59 - 80
2015-01-28 vs Rice Owls W 59 - 48
2015-02-01 vs UConn Huskies W 70 - 68
2015-02-05 vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane L 44 - 57
2015-02-12 vs SMU Mustangs L 69 - 75
2015-02-15 @ UCF Knights L 54 - 56
2015-02-17 @ South Florida Bulls L 67 - 69
2015-02-21 vs Cincinnati Bearcats L 53 - 63
2015-02-26 @ Temple Owls L 54 - 66
2015-03-01 vs South Florida Bulls W 72 - 55
2015-03-04 @ Tulane Green Wave W 68 - 63
2015-03-08 vs East Carolina Pirates W 72 - 54
2015-03-12 @ Tulane Green Wave W 66 - 60
2015-03-13 @ Tulsa Golden Hurricane L 51 - 59

2015 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Cavon Baker Cavon Baker G 2 19.0 15.5 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 3.0 8.0 8.5 -10 22 -0.5 -1.4 56.2 50.0 100.0 -1.32 79.4 71.9
Jherrod Stiggers Jherrod Stiggers G 28 35.7 14.2 3.7 2.5 1.1 0.3 2.9 2.3 16.6 -27 26 -1.0 -1.3 35.9 34.0 82.4 0.62 277.7 49.2
Devonta Pollard Devonta Pollard F 29 30.3 11.3 6.5 1.2 1.3 0.4 2.3 1.9 16.5 -12 27 -0.4 -0.7 57.4 0 75.0 0.07 260.4 57.4
Danrad Knowles Danrad Knowles F 29 26.7 9.6 5.4 1.2 0.5 1.2 1.3 1.2 15.3 -9 27 -0.3 -0.5 48.6 27.3 81.2 0.41 330.6 52.9
L.J. Rose L.J. Rose G 16 35.4 9.6 2.4 5.6 0.9 0.1 3.0 1.0 14.6 -91 18 -5.1 -6.6 31.2 20.0 0.0 -3.45 430.7 37.5
LeRon Barnes LeRon Barnes G 29 33.9 7.4 6.4 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.1 14.4 -23 27 -0.9 -1.1 41.9 37.5 75.0 0.85 311.4 51.6
Eric Weary Eric Weary G 28 17.9 5.8 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.0 8.8 -44 26 -1.7 -4.2 34.5 28.6 66.7 -2.23 267.2 44.8
Wes VanBeck Wes VanBeck G 15 8.4 3.0 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 3.9 18 12 1.5 7.1 0.0 0.0 0 0.14 2250.0 0.0
J.C. Washington J.C. Washington F 26 17.0 2.9 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 6.2 -55 22 -2.5 -7.1 33.3 100.0 50.0 -3.34 384.6 38.9
Mikhail McLean Mikhail McLean F 13 9.5 2.6 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 4.8 - - - - 0.0 0 0 - 1700.0 0.0
Egi Gjikondi Egi Gjikondi - 8 3.8 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 1.9 - - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Adam Drexler Adam Drexler F 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -4 8 -0.5 -12.1 0 0 0 -1.75 0 0
Tyus Bowser Tyus Bowser - 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG