Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
West Coast Conference · Gersten Pavilion · January 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMC -8.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Over
Money LMU +400 / SMC -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total LMU win
Actual SMC +4 132 Lost
Massey SMC -6.7 (+2.7)
Massey Totals 127.7 (+4.3)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 18%
Efficiency Plus ML SMC -7.0 (+3.0) 129.7 (+2.3) 20%
Baseline Tuned ML SMC -7.1 (+3.1) 130.8 (+1.2) 22%
Baseline ML SMC -8.5 (+4.5) 130.4 (+1.6) 17%
Baseline Plus ML SMC -7.0 (+3.0) 129.9 (+2.1) 20%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 29, 2025 SMC 7873 LMU
Feb 28, 2025 SMC 5855 LMU
Jan 8, 2025 SMC 8156 LMU
Jan 28, 2024 SMC 7065 LMU
Feb 10, 2023 LMU 7874 SMC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LMU SMC
Overall 12-19 26-8
Conference 5-11 15-1
Home 8-8 14-4
Away 2-7 9-0
Neutral 2-4 3-4
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 73.0
Avg Pts Against 71.5 60.2
Massey -0.9 (#183) 9.9 (#50)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#242) 1.04 (#89)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.90 (#242) 1.49 (#88)
RPI 0.450 (#264) 0.582 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors LMU SMC
FG% 42.2% 43.5%
3PT% 34.6% 29.7%
REB / G 36.2 40.3
OREB / G 10.4 14.5
AST / TO 1.01 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 49.0%
TOV% 17.1% 19.3%
ORB% 30.1% 40.6%
FT Rate 24.8% 17.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 14.6% 17.8%
DRB% 73.1% 75.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.3% 26.3%

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