Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
SMU Mustangs
52 – 54
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · January 14, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CIN -5.0 Home covered
O/U 145.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual CIN +2 106 Lost
Massey CIN -5.3 (+3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 145.0 (-39.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 38% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CIN -4.1 (+2.1) 146.3 (-40.3) 34% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CIN -4.2 (+2.2) 145.3 (-39.3) 34% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CIN -4.4 (+2.4) 145.1 (-39.1) 34% ✓
Baseline ML CIN -4.7 (+2.7) 143.7 (-37.7) 31% ✓

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 5, 2023 CIN 97 – 74 SMU
Mar 4, 2022 SMU 76 – 71 CIN
Jan 7, 2022 CIN 77 – 60 SMU
Mar 12, 2021 CIN 74 – 71 SMU
Jan 8, 2021 CIN 76 – 69 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU CIN
Overall 10-22 23-13
Conference 5-13 11-7
Home 7-9 16-3
Away 1-11 5-7
Neutral 2-2 2-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 76.5
Avg Pts Against 75.6 69.7
Massey -1.8 (#207) 7.6 (#70)
Bradley-Terry -0.39 (#210) 0.78 (#104)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.16 (#193) 0.98 (#103)
RPI 0.500 (#176) 0.545 (#96)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU CIN
FG% 42.8% 44.9%
3PT% 31.4% 36.3%
REB / G 35.2 37.5
OREB / G 9.5 11.1
AST / TO 0.99 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.1% 52.1%
TOV% 17.9% 15.6%
ORB% 26.6% 31.1%
FT Rate 21.1% 17.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 17.6%
DRB% 69.6% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.1% 21.0%

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