Hmm, you're so pretty, not to talk to you would be a crime. "Baby, Baby" - The Vibrators
SMU Mustangs
77 – 64
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · January 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -13.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money SMU -1200 / TEM +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +13 141 Won
Massey SMU -19.0 (-6.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (+2.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 92% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -14.0 (-1.0) 139.0 (+2.0) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -15.6 (-2.6) 136.9 (+4.1) 90% ✓
Baseline ML SMU -16.6 (-3.6) 136.9 (+4.1) 89% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMU -17.2 (-4.2) 138.6 (+2.4) 87% ✓

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 15, 2024 TEM 75 – 60 SMU
Feb 9, 2023 SMU 72 – 71 TEM
Feb 17, 2022 TEM 64 – 57 SMU
Jan 29, 2022 SMU 69 – 61 TEM
Jan 11, 2021 SMU 79 – 68 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU TEM
Overall 20-13 16-20
Conference 11-7 5-13
Home 14-3 5-9
Away 5-8 5-7
Neutral 1-2 6-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 70.5
Avg Pts Against 69.0 73.4
Massey 12.0 (#37) -3.1 (#227)
Bradley-Terry 1.43 (#73) -0.28 (#206)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.04 (#65) -0.70 (#232)
RPI 0.561 (#87) 0.495 (#182)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU TEM
FG% 45.7% 37.3%
3PT% 35.5% 29.6%
REB / G 40.5 37.0
OREB / G 13.4 12.1
AST / TO 1.26 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 44.0%
TOV% 18.4% 14.6%
ORB% 37.6% 29.1%
FT Rate 17.6% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.2% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 18.8%
DRB% 68.2% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 21.2%

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