I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Memphis Tigers
62 59
FINAL Conference
SMU Mustangs
American Conference · FedExForum · January 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -7.0 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money MEM -292 / SMU +235
Model Predictions
Spread Total MEM win
Actual MEM +3 121 Won
Massey MEM -1.8 (+1.2)
Massey Totals 147.4 (-26.4)
Bradley-Terry 94%
Weighted B-T 93%
Efficiency Plus ML MEM -3.5 (-0.5) 145.7 (-24.7) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -3.4 (-0.4) 143.1 (-22.1) 67%
Baseline ML MEM -3.1 (-0.1) 143.5 (-22.5) 70%
Baseline Plus ML MEM -2.5 (+0.5) 141.8 (-20.8) 71%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 18, 2024 SMU 10679 MEM
Mar 3, 2023 MEM 8162 SMU
Jan 27, 2023 MEM 9984 SMU
Mar 12, 2022 MEM 7063 SMU
Feb 20, 2022 SMU 7357 MEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MEM SMU
Overall 22-10 20-13
Conference 11-7 11-7
Home 13-2 14-3
Away 7-6 5-8
Neutral 2-2 1-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 80.5 76.7
Avg Pts Against 75.8 69.0
Massey 9.4 (#55) 11.8 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 3.15 (#12) 1.27 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.57 (#20) 1.95 (#66)
RPI 0.660 (#8) 0.538 (#116)
Shooting & Four Factors MEM SMU
FG% 45.0% 46.9%
3PT% 33.2% 37.2%
REB / G 37.3 40.3
OREB / G 10.7 12.9
AST / TO 0.95 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 53.4%
TOV% 18.2% 18.1%
ORB% 30.5% 37.1%
FT Rate 30.1% 17.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 40.8%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 18.8%
DRB% 66.8% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.1% 23.4%

Game Analysis

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