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Washington State Cougars
60 77
FINAL Neutral Holiday Invitational
SMU Mustangs
Acrisure Arena (Neutral) · November 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money WSU +155 / SMU -185
Model Predictions
Spread Total WSU win
Actual SMU +17 137 Lost
Massey SMU -0.1 (-16.9)
Massey Totals 167.5 (-30.5)
Bradley-Terry 86%
Weighted B-T 96%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -0.2 (-16.8) 157.5 (-20.5) 55%
Baseline ML WSU -0.3 (-17.3) 155.4 (-18.4) 51%
Baseline Tuned ML WSU -0.1 (-17.1) 155.9 (-18.9) 63%
Efficiency Plus ML WSU -1.0 (-18.0) 153.1 (-16.1) 58%

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 20, 2022 WSU 7563 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WSU SMU
Overall 19-15 24-11
Conference 8-10 13-7
Home 10-4 13-6
Away 5-7 7-4
Neutral 4-4 4-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 79.9
Avg Pts Against 78.6 71.3
Massey 7.6 (#66) 7.6 (#64)
Bradley-Terry 2.10 (#45) 0.28 (#161)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.61 (#39) 0.38 (#158)
RPI 0.607 (#46) 0.509 (#162)
Shooting & Four Factors WSU SMU
FG% 49.4% 49.0%
3PT% 35.1% 38.5%
REB / G 40.9 40.4
OREB / G 12.4 13.6
AST / TO 1.08 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.1% 55.9%
TOV% 21.0% 16.6%
ORB% 36.9% 38.2%
FT Rate 26.0% 30.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 18.9%
DRB% 74.0% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 27.7%

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