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Rice Owls
69 95
FINAL Conference
SMU Mustangs
American Conference · Tudor Fieldhouse · February 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money RICE +210 / SMU -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICE win
Actual SMU +26 164 Lost
Massey SMU -10.4 (-15.6)
Massey Totals 140.2 (+23.8)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 15%
Efficiency Plus ML SMU -7.9 (-18.1) 143.5 (+20.5) 25%
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -9.3 (-16.7) 141.2 (+22.8) 19%
Baseline ML SMU -8.6 (-17.4) 142.6 (+21.4) 21%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -9.7 (-16.3) 143.4 (+20.6) 21%

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 RICE SMU
Overall 11-21 20-13
Conference 5-13 11-7
Home 6-10 14-3
Away 5-7 5-8
Neutral 0-4 1-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L5 L3
Avg Pts For 71.1 76.7
Avg Pts Against 76.3 69.0
Massey -2.6 (#211) 11.1 (#45)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#224) 1.12 (#93)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.68 (#230) 1.71 (#78)
RPI 0.498 (#178) 0.550 (#97)
Shooting & Four Factors RICE SMU
FG% 43.4% 45.7%
3PT% 32.6% 34.8%
REB / G 36.0 39.7
OREB / G 10.9 13.4
AST / TO 1.11 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 51.8%
TOV% 18.5% 17.4%
ORB% 29.8% 37.4%
FT Rate 20.8% 19.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 43.7%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 18.8%
DRB% 70.9% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 21.8%

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