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BYU Cougars
56 – 57
FINAL Conference
Saint Mary's Gaels
West Coast Conference · Marriott Center · January 29, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SMC -6.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money BYU +210 / SMC -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual SMC +1 113 Lost
Massey SMC -7.6 (+6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 127.1 (-14.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMC -7.4 (+6.4) 132.6 (-19.6) 23% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMC -4.8 (+3.8) 129.9 (-16.9) 27% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMC -6.0 (+5.0) 133.1 (-20.1) 28% ✓
Baseline ML SMC -6.4 (+5.4) 131.4 (-18.4) 20% ✓

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 7, 2023 SMC 76 – 69 BYU
Feb 19, 2023 SMC 71 – 65 BYU
Feb 20, 2022 SMC 69 – 64 BYU
Jan 9, 2022 BYU 52 – 43 SMC
Feb 28, 2021 BYU 65 – 51 SMC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU SMC
Overall 19-15 27-8
Conference 7-9 14-2
Home 12-4 16-2
Away 2-7 6-2
Neutral 4-4 5-4
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 70.3
Avg Pts Against 70.1 60.0
Massey 5.7 (#87) 16.8 (#6)
Bradley-Terry 0.76 (#107) 2.26 (#24)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.23 (#89) 3.08 (#20)
RPI 0.531 (#124) 0.615 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU SMC
FG% 44.1% 46.6%
3PT% 31.9% 37.4%
REB / G 38.8 36.9
OREB / G 10.7 10.9
AST / TO 0.89 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 53.6%
TOV% 22.1% 16.5%
ORB% 30.8% 33.6%
FT Rate 23.5% 18.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 44.4%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 20.0%
DRB% 77.3% 79.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.8% 21.6%

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