You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
SMU Mustangs
60 – 75
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 77 – 64 TEM
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 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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