Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
SMU Mustangs
72 69
FINAL Conference
UAB Blazers
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · February 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money SMU -300 / UAB +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +3 141 Won
Massey SMU -13.3 (-10.3)
Massey Totals 148.8 (-7.8)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 77%
Efficiency Plus ML SMU -8.0 (-5.0) 149.0 (-8.0) 79%
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -10.7 (-7.7) 148.5 (-7.5) 86%
Baseline ML SMU -11.0 (-8.0) 149.7 (-8.7) 85%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -11.7 (-8.7) 150.5 (-9.5) 85%

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 10, 2024 UAB 7470 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU UAB
Overall 20-13 23-12
Conference 11-7 12-6
Home 14-3 12-5
Away 5-8 7-5
Neutral 1-2 4-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 77.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 75.6
Massey 11.7 (#40) 1.8 (#140)
Bradley-Terry 1.02 (#100) 1.12 (#93)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.68 (#78) 1.17 (#103)
RPI 0.545 (#106) 0.567 (#76)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU UAB
FG% 45.8% 44.3%
3PT% 35.5% 31.9%
REB / G 40.0 38.1
OREB / G 13.3 13.1
AST / TO 1.30 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 49.2%
TOV% 17.7% 16.9%
ORB% 37.3% 35.6%
FT Rate 19.2% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.3% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 16.4%
DRB% 68.3% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 23.6%

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