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Automated Team Capsule for 2019-20 Houston 23-8 (0.742) | American

All-Play Percentage: 0.935 (24^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.669 (65^th)	Record Quality: 0.397 (20^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 43.00 (38^th)
Pace: 68.05 (267^th)	Momentum: 2.43 (59^th)	Off. Momentum: 0.23 (211^th)	Def. Momentum: 2.20 (34^th)
Consistency: -6.77 (5^th)	Res. Consistency: -9.37 (27^th)	Away From Home: -1.11 (256^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: 1.29 (24^th)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through March 11, 2020. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

108.59

28.19

73.34

89.34

43.61

29.50

33.86

34.59

38.17

25.25

62.46

9.78

14.90

5.48

33.02

38.72

28.26

2.05

RANK:

30^th

68^th

104^th

3^rd

158^th

219^th

138^th

3^rd

121^st

296^th

61^st

239^th

73^rd

98^th

290^th

8^th

335^th

215^th

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

89.41

28.98

78.34

38.26

31.95

29.86

21.44

33.08

24.95

53.48

8.51

9.58

2.86

40.79

27.37

31.85

2.09

RANK:

21^st

293^rd

43^rd

11^th

237^th

20^th

129^th

34^th

41^st

37^th

17^th

8^th

3^rd

292^nd

176^th

64^th

55^th

ANALYSIS:
A top-25 caliber adversary, Houston will likely be a stiff test for any team in Division I. Haslametrics has them ranked 24th overall (out of 353) in All-Play Percentage, and the team holds a record of 23-8. Of the 12 schools in the AAC (average ranking 94.6), they're currently ranked as the best team in the conference.

Houston will suffocate most opponents with its stifling defense. Allowing roughly 89 points for every 100 possessions vs. AO, this squad is rated #21 in defensive efficiency. Houston does a fantastic job to prevent opposing teams from capitalizing on chances from offensive rebounds. The squad allows AO to convert only 2.9% of all second-chance opportunities (ranked third in the NCAA), and with a rating of 9.58, they're eighth in potential points allowed off of the offensive glass as well. Houston will also put a good dent in the shooting percentages of several opponents, considering the team ranks in the top-50 in each of the four major defensive shooting categories. They allow AO to make just 29.9% of their three-pointers (20th in the nation), 33.1% of their mid-range shots (34th), 53.5% of their near-proximity attempts (37th), and 38.3% of their total shots from the field (11th).

Houston plays at about the same level on offense as they do on defense. The team ranks 30th nationally in offensive efficiency, scoring about 109 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Houston is one of the very best when it comes to maximizing field goal opportunities. The team is ranked third in the NCAA in offensive field goal attempt rate with a rating of 89.34 vs. AO. As far as making those field goal attempts goes, the team is somewhat middle-of-the-road, converting about 43.6% of them vs. AO. Houston also loves taking the mid-range two, far more so than most other teams. The club is ranked eighth in ratio of mid-range attempts to total field goal attempts. As far as converting those mid-range shots goes, the team shoots a mediocre 38.2% vs. AO. Houston lastly allows very few breakaway opportunities for the opposition, which typically translates to fewer turnovers. The team's rating vs. AO for potential breakaway points allowed off of steals is 8.51, which ranks #17 in the country.

Houston is one of the most consistent teams in NCAA basketball (currently ranked fifth in consistency), which makes the outcomes of their upcoming games far easier to predict.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/12/2019	vs Alabama State₃₄₂	W 81.27 - 49.94	W 84-56	1-0	115.38	110.05	▼ 5.33	75.10	80.82	▼ 5.72	▼ 11.05
Fri 11/15/2019	vs BYU₂₂	W 71.92 - 69.14	L 71-72	1-1	101.43	91.90	▼ 9.53	102.67	103.50	▼ 0.83	▼ 10.36
Tue 11/19/2019	@ Rice₂₀₅	W 77.77 - 65.27	W 97-89	2-1	114.01	117.60	▲ 3.59	91.62	103.47	▼ 11.85	▼ 8.26
Fri 11/22/2019	@ Oregon₁₅	L 65.12 - 69.86	L 66-78	2-2	102.64	102.45	▼ 0.19	105.20	123.36	▼ 18.16	▼ 18.35
Tue 11/26/2019	vs Houston Baptist₃₃₆	W 96.92 - 64.31	W 112-73	3-2	126.56	128.90	▲ 2.34	88.87	96.39	▼ 7.52	▼ 5.18
Wed 12/4/2019	vs Texas State₈₇	W 69.33 - 59.44	W 68-60	4-2	103.65	100.23	▼ 3.42	93.99	90.51	▲ 3.48	▲ 0.06
Sun 12/8/2019	@ South Carolina₅₇	W 71.11 - 69.07	W 76-56	5-2	101.05	110.38	▲ 9.33	93.79	81.42	▲ 12.37	▲ 21.70
Wed 12/11/2019	vs UT Arlington₁₂₃	W 73.33 - 60.29	W 71-63	6-2	104.76	108.06	▲ 3.30	91.49	96.48	▼ 4.99	▼ 1.69
Sun 12/15/2019	vs Oklahoma State₅₉	W 70.81 - 62.71	L 55-61	6-3	101.73	86.26	▼ 15.47	94.86	97.76	▼ 2.90	▼ 18.37
Thu 12/19/2019	vs UTEP₁₈₇	W 72.81 - 55.55	W 77-57	7-3	105.48	104.42	▼ 1.06	85.09	79.61	▲ 5.48	▲ 4.42
Sun 12/22/2019	vs Portland₂₈₁ *	W 77.06 - 56.52	W 81-56	8-3	112.37	113.54	▲ 1.17	82.87	70.18	▲ 12.69	▲ 13.86
Mon 12/23/2019	vs Georgia Tech₆₅ *	W 68.42 - 62.77	W 70-59	9-3	99.54	107.69	▲ 8.15	90.97	89.39	▲ 1.58	▲ 9.73
Wed 12/25/2019	vs Washington₄₆ *	W 67.94 - 65.03	W 75-71	10-3	98.65	116.73	▲ 18.08	93.88	107.58	▼ 13.70	▲ 4.38
Fri 1/3/2020	vs UCF₁₀₁	W 72.04 - 60.39	W 78-63	11-3	104.44	98.56	▼ 5.88	91.75	86.23	▲ 5.52	▼ 0.36
Tue 1/7/2020	@ Temple₁₀₄	W 68.89 - 63.30	W 78-74	12-3	101.59	116.73	▲ 15.14	88.96	105.58	▼ 16.62	▼ 1.48
Sat 1/11/2020	@ Tulsa₈₃	W 65.09 - 62.09	L 61-63	12-4	100.58	100.84	▲ 0.26	91.53	97.55	▼ 6.02	▼ 5.76
Wed 1/15/2020	vs SMU₈₄	W 71.68 - 62.51	W 71-62	13-4	108.66	106.78	▼ 1.88	99.30	94.99	▲ 4.31	▲ 2.43
Sat 1/18/2020	@ Wichita State₃₅	L 65.91 - 67.41	W 65-54	14-4	98.57	98.74	▲ 0.17	95.57	78.76	▲ 16.81	▲ 16.98
Thu 1/23/2020	vs UConn₅₂	W 70.80 - 63.51	W 63-59	15-4	102.03	82.69	▼ 19.34	95.92	81.91	▲ 14.01	▼ 5.33
Sun 1/26/2020	vs USF₁₃₁	W 69.08 - 55.65	W 68-49	16-4	103.82	106.17	▲ 2.35	87.60	77.89	▲ 9.71	▲ 12.06
Wed 1/29/2020	@ ECU₂₂₄	W 76.52 - 62.66	W 69-59	17-4	111.22	99.63	▼ 11.59	87.35	83.06	▲ 4.29	▼ 7.30
Sat 2/1/2020	@ Cincinnati₅₆	W 66.82 - 65.39	L 62-64	17-5	101.57	102.45	▲ 0.88	94.54	97.55	▼ 3.01	▼ 2.13
Thu 2/6/2020	vs Tulane₁₈₆	W 77.02 - 59.48	W 75-62	18-5	109.95	113.43	▲ 3.48	89.17	89.54	▼ 0.37	▲ 3.11
Sun 2/9/2020	vs Wichita State₃₅	W 69.30 - 64.09	W 76-43	19-5	98.57	123.98	▲ 25.41	95.57	64.95	▲ 30.62	▲ 56.03
Wed 2/12/2020	@ USF₁₃₁	W 65.86 - 58.72	W 62-58	20-5	103.82	104.09	▲ 0.27	87.60	94.22	▼ 6.62	▼ 6.35
Sat 2/15/2020	@ SMU₈₄	W 68.48 - 65.75	L 72-73 (OT)	20-6	108.66	105.67	▼ 2.99	99.30	102.47	▼ 3.17	▼ 6.16
Wed 2/19/2020	vs Tulsa₈₃	W 68.38 - 58.87	W 76-43	21-6	100.58	112.37	▲ 11.79	91.53	70.37	▲ 21.16	▲ 32.95
Sat 2/22/2020	@ Memphis₅₅	W 67.23 - 65.61	L 59-60	21-7	96.57	88.89	▼ 7.68	89.52	82.06	▲ 7.46	▼ 0.22
Sun 3/1/2020	vs Cincinnati₅₆	W 70.16 - 62.18	W 68-55	22-7	101.57	112.32	▲ 10.75	94.54	86.05	▲ 8.49	▲ 19.24
Thu 3/5/2020	@ UConn₅₂	W 67.44 - 66.88	L 71-77	22-8	102.03	102.45	▲ 0.42	95.92	104.50	▼ 8.58	▼ 8.16
Sun 3/8/2020	vs Memphis₅₅	W 70.75 - 62.22	W 64-57	23-8	96.57	91.40	▼ 5.17	89.52	74.32	▲ 15.20	▲ 10.03
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	Houston performs worse against squads that convert well from the charity stripe. When facing teams that have an adjusted free throw percentage vs. AO greater than 0.71%, Houston is more efficient than normal 9% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 55% of the time.
	When playing teams that have trouble defending the mid-range shot, Houston usually performs worse than average. Houston is more efficient than normal 27% of the time when facing clubs that have a defensive mid-range field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 34.76%. In all other contests, Houston performs better than average 67% of the time.
	Houston is typically worse vs. teams that aren't terribly skilled defensively. Against foes that have a defensive efficiency rating vs. AO greater than 91.40, Houston performs above their norm 27% of the time. Against the remaining opposition, the team performs above average 67% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	White, Grimes lead No. 21 Houston to 64-57 win over Memphis (3/9/2020 12:14:00 AM) Fabian White Jr. kept Houston close before Quentin Grimes provided the late spark to finish the regular season with a win. White had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Grimes added 17 points and No. 21 Houston defeated Memphis 64-57 on Sunday.
	White, Grimes lead No. 21 Houston over Memphis (3/8/2020 9:53:00 PM) Fabian White Jr. had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Quentin Grimes had 15 of his 17 points in the second half to help No. 21 Houston to a 64-57 home-court win over Memphis in American Athletic Conference action on Sunday afternoon.
	On Senior Night, Christian Vital gives UConn fans one final show (3/6/2020 6:05:00 AM) He wants an NCAA Tournament bid. Maybe that’s why the senior played as well as he did in a 77-71 UConn win over No. 21 Houston that helped UConn’s long-shot case for an at-large bid and offered cause for optimism heading into next week’s American Athletic Conference tournament. “We weren’t losing this game today,” Vital said.
	No. 21 Houston gets upset by UConn, 77-71 (3/5/2020 11:30:00 PM) STORRS, Conn. — Christian Vital scored 26 points in his final home game, helping Connecticut beat No. 21 Houston 77-71 on Thursday night. Freshman James Bouknight added 17 points and Isaiah Whaley had 13 for the Huskies (18-12, 9-8 American Athletic Conference), who won their fourth straight game but just their second this season over a ...
	UH falls to UConn; tied for 2nd place in American (3/5/2020 10:04:00 PM) STORRS, Conn. - Christian Vital scored 26 points in his final home game and UConn beat No. 21 Houston 77-71 on Thursday night.

HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox