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Tulane Green Wave
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FINAL Conference
SMU Mustangs
American Conference · Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse · February 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money TULN +100 / SMU -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total TULN win
Actual SMU +8 166 Lost
Massey SMU -4.0 (-4.0)
Massey Totals 160.7 (+5.3)
Bradley-Terry 45%
Weighted B-T 40%
Efficiency Plus ML SMU -4.2 (-3.8) 157.7 (+8.3) 32%
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -3.6 (-4.4) 155.0 (+11.0) 37%
Baseline ML SMU -3.1 (-4.9) 157.0 (+9.0) 36%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -3.3 (-4.7) 157.1 (+8.9) 32%

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 2, 2024 SMU 8076 TULN
Feb 2, 2023 TULN 7452 SMU
Jan 12, 2023 TULN 9788 SMU
Mar 6, 2022 SMU 7468 TULN
Jan 15, 2022 SMU 7566 TULN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TULN SMU
Overall 14-17 20-13
Conference 5-13 11-7
Home 11-6 14-3
Away 2-8 5-8
Neutral 1-3 1-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 81.5 76.7
Avg Pts Against 80.6 69.0
Massey 4.2 (#110) 11.6 (#42)
Bradley-Terry 0.43 (#134) 1.25 (#85)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.73 (#124) 1.84 (#67)
RPI 0.509 (#154) 0.555 (#88)
Shooting & Four Factors TULN SMU
FG% 48.6% 46.4%
3PT% 35.3% 35.0%
REB / G 33.1 39.4
OREB / G 6.5 13.5
AST / TO 1.31 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 52.5%
TOV% 14.1% 17.0%
ORB% 19.3% 37.9%
FT Rate 34.5% 18.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 18.9%
DRB% 66.6% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 21.1%

Game Analysis

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