Lights going out, and a kick in the balls. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
SMU Mustangs
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FINAL Neutral Conference American Athletic Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -12.0 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money SMU -700 / TEM +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual TEM +15 135 Lost
Massey SMU -12.7 (-27.7)
Massey Totals 140.3 (-5.3)
Bradley-Terry 83%
Weighted B-T 91%
Efficiency Plus ML SMU -8.5 (-23.5) 140.5 (-5.5) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -9.5 (-24.5) 139.5 (-4.5) 82%
Baseline ML SMU -9.2 (-24.2) 140.2 (-5.2) 81%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -9.8 (-24.8) 141.8 (-6.8) 80%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 17, 2024 SMU 7764 TEM
Feb 9, 2023 SMU 7271 TEM
Feb 17, 2022 TEM 6457 SMU
Jan 29, 2022 SMU 6961 TEM
Jan 11, 2021 SMU 7968 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 1-4 3-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 76.7 70.5
Avg Pts Against 69.0 73.4
Massey 10.1 (#54) -2.7 (#211)
Bradley-Terry 1.02 (#96) -0.57 (#233)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.55 (#86) -0.77 (#243)
RPI 0.540 (#103) 0.478 (#225)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU TEM
FG% 44.9% 38.9%
3PT% 34.6% 31.2%
REB / G 40.0 36.2
OREB / G 14.6 11.5
AST / TO 1.41 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 45.6%
TOV% 16.4% 14.1%
ORB% 38.6% 28.7%
FT Rate 19.3% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.3% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 17.0%
DRB% 68.5% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 26.2%

Game Analysis

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