He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
West Virginia Mountaineers
58 – 70
FINAL Neutral Fort Myers Tip-Off
SMU Mustangs
Suncoast Credit Union Arena (Neutral) · November 21, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money WVU +138 / SMU -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual SMU +12 128 Lost
Massey SMU -6.3 (-5.7) — —
Massey Totals — 134.9 (-6.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -1.4 (-10.6) 138.5 (-10.5) 40% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -4.3 (-7.7) 136.7 (-8.7) 31% ✓
Baseline ML SMU -3.5 (-8.5) 138.5 (-10.5) 31% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMU -3.5 (-8.5) 139.2 (-11.2) 34% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU SMU
Overall 9-23 20-13
Conference 4-14 11-7
Home 9-9 14-3
Away 0-9 5-8
Neutral 0-5 1-2
Last 5 2-1 2-1
Streak L6 L3
Avg Pts For 69.8 76.7
Avg Pts Against 76.8 69.0
Massey -2.8 (#233) 3.5 (#109)
Bradley-Terry -0.54 (#225) 0.29 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.54 (#204) 1.11 (#115)
RPI 0.412 (#270) 0.549 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU SMU
FG% 37.7% 40.6%
3PT% 30.6% 35.2%
REB / G 39.3 46.0
OREB / G 12.3 16.7
AST / TO 1.34 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.0% 46.8%
TOV% 14.6% 16.4%
ORB% 32.2% 39.1%
FT Rate 27.4% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 40.9%
Opp TOV% 14.3% 18.8%
DRB% 73.0% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 12.2% 27.5%

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