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Houston

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

2017 Team Stats (5 games)

65.8
PPG
67.6
Opp
-1.8
Margin
42.4%
FG%
34.0%
3P%
64.9%
FT%
32.8
RPG
11.6
APG
8.6
TO
-
Est. poss./game
75.1
Adj PPG
64.1
Adj Opp PPG
#47
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2016-2017
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 → 1165 (#76) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1149 (#69) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +89 elo More → 1026 (#136) HCA +89 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.6 More → +11.7 (#48) HCA +2.6
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.6 More → +8.1 (#73) HCA +2.6
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.811 (#26) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +17.3 More → 0.880 (#47) AdjNet +17.3
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +17.4 More → 0.883 (#47) AdjNet +17.4
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 75.1 | AdjD 64.1 More → 0.731 (#47) AdjO 75.1 | AdjD 64.1
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 71.7 | AdjD 66.8 More → 0.609 (#64) AdjO 71.7 | AdjD 66.8
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 → 0.734 (#59) 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 → 0.711 (#63) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 117 | GP 32 More → 1142 (#73) RD 117 | GP 32

2017 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2016-11-11 vs Morgan State Bears W 93 - 52
2016-11-21 vs George Mason Patriots W 93 - 56
2016-11-22 @ South Dakota Coyotes W 85 - 58
2016-11-23 @ Vermont Catamounts W 72 - 71
2016-11-26 vs Cornell Big Red W 83 - 53
2016-11-29 @ LSU Tigers L 65 - 84
2016-12-03 vs Prairie View A&M Panthers W 105 - 61
2016-12-06 @ Arkansas Razorbacks L 72 - 84
2016-12-10 vs Rhode Island Rams W 82 - 77
2016-12-17 vs UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros W 83 - 58
2016-12-21 vs Liberty Flames W 77 - 54
2016-12-23 vs Harvard Crimson L 56 - 57
2016-12-28 @ UConn Huskies W 62 - 46
2016-12-31 @ South Florida Bulls W 70 - 56
2017-01-04 vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane W 64 - 61
2017-01-07 vs Cincinnati Bearcats L 58 - 67
2017-01-11 @ East Carolina Pirates W 74 - 58
2017-01-14 @ UCF Knights L 70 - 77
2017-01-19 vs Memphis Tigers L 67 - 70
2017-01-21 @ SMU Mustangs L 64 - 85
2017-01-24 vs Tulane Green Wave W 65 - 51
2017-01-28 vs Temple Owls W 79 - 66
2017-02-01 vs UCF Knights W 82 - 64
2017-02-08 @ Tulane Green Wave W 91 - 62
2017-02-11 @ Tulsa Golden Hurricane W 73 - 64
2017-02-18 vs SMU Mustangs L 66 - 76
2017-02-22 vs UConn Huskies W 75 - 70
2017-02-26 @ Memphis Tigers W 72 - 71
2017-03-02 @ Cincinnati Bearcats L 47 - 65
2017-03-05 vs East Carolina Pirates W 73 - 51
2017-03-10 vs UConn Huskies L 65 - 74
2017-03-15 vs Akron Zips L 75 - 78

2017 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%
Robert Gray Robert Gray G 18 32.5 20.4 3.9 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.9 5.9 20.2 145 27 5.4 7.5 45.3 26.8 91.3 0.24 158.0 50.5
Damyean Dotson Damyean Dotson G 18 34.3 15.9 7.4 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.2 4.0 20.4 196 28 7.0 9.3 40.3 45.2 100.0 5.72 192.3 53.5
Devin Davis Devin Davis F 11 22.4 7.3 4.5 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.5 3.3 9.3 36 17 2.1 4.9 44.4 0.0 53.3 -1.02 93.9 44.4
Wes VanBeck Wes VanBeck G 18 20.5 7.3 2.5 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.3 9.8 150 28 5.4 10.6 39.1 42.9 100.0 2.74 257.4 52.2
Danrad Knowles Danrad Knowles F 18 21.4 7.2 3.4 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.6 1.2 10.3 164 27 6.1 11.9 38.1 0 62.5 2.01 263.1 38.1
Galen Robinson Galen Robinson - 18 31.4 6.7 3.3 4.8 0.9 0.1 2.1 2.9 10.7 138 28 4.9 7.1 41.5 16.7 42.9 -0.3 102.3 43.4
Armoni Brooks Armoni Brooks - 16 11.9 4.6 2.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.5 6.4 71 25 2.8 11.0 50.0 33.3 0.0 -1.6 432.5 62.5
Kyle Meyer Kyle Meyer C 18 16.2 2.7 3.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 6.1 58 28 2.1 5.5 30.8 0.0 0.0 -1.99 176.5 30.8
Bertrand Nkali Bertrand Nkali F 17 12.2 2.0 2.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.6 4.6 20 27 0.7 3.0 50.0 0 50.0 -2.4 144.6 50.0
Morris Dunnigan Morris Dunnigan G 13 6.0 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.9 43 16 2.7 18.4 14.3 0.0 50.0 1.09 133.2 14.3
Xavier Dupree Xavier Dupree F 10 5.7 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 2.9 36 13 2.8 22.3 75.0 100.0 0 2.06 187.5 87.5
Mateen Hirbod Mateen Hirbod G 6 1.5 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 8 6 1.3 36.4 0.0 0 0 0.14 400.0 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