Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
BYU Cougars
89 – 61
FINAL Conference
Loyola Marymount Lions
West Coast Conference · Marriott Center · February 3, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money BYU -213 / LMU +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual BYU +28 150 Won
Massey BYU -3.5 (+24.5) — —
Massey Totals — 141.8 (+8.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 63% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -2.8 (+25.2) 146.9 (+3.1) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -5.4 (+22.6) 145.3 (+4.7) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -2.7 (+25.3) 145.4 (+4.6) 62% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -2.4 (+25.6) 146.5 (+3.5) 62% ✓

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 BYU 73 – 63 LMU
Jan 6, 2023 LMU 64 – 59 BYU
Mar 5, 2022 BYU 85 – 60 LMU
Feb 25, 2022 BYU 79 – 59 LMU
Feb 11, 2022 BYU 83 – 82 LMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU LMU
Overall 19-15 19-12
Conference 7-9 9-7
Home 12-4 13-3
Away 2-7 4-7
Neutral 4-4 2-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 74.5
Avg Pts Against 70.1 73.9
Massey 5.9 (#87) 6.0 (#84)
Bradley-Terry 0.69 (#113) 1.26 (#71)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.18 (#92) 1.40 (#80)
RPI 0.527 (#129) 0.567 (#65)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU LMU
FG% 44.0% 46.1%
3PT% 31.9% 36.6%
REB / G 38.5 36.0
OREB / G 10.7 9.6
AST / TO 0.88 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 54.0%
TOV% 22.1% 18.3%
ORB% 31.1% 28.7%
FT Rate 23.0% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 16.2%
DRB% 77.2% 75.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 24.0%

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