They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
SMU Mustangs
72 – 71
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · February 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money SMU +110 / TEM -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +1 143 Won
Massey TEM -1.7 (+2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 140.4 (+2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 34% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TEM -1.3 (+2.3) 143.6 (-0.6) 44% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML TEM -1.8 (+2.8) 142.4 (+0.6) 43% ✗
Baseline ML TEM -1.9 (+2.9) 143.3 (-0.3) 42% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TEM -2.1 (+3.1) 141.0 (+2.0) 44% ✗

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 15, 2024 TEM 75 – 60 SMU
Jan 17, 2024 SMU 77 – 64 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 10-22 16-16
Conference 5-13 10-8
Home 7-9 9-7
Away 1-11 5-6
Neutral 2-2 2-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L4 L2
Avg Pts For 70.2 69.6
Avg Pts Against 75.6 70.2
Massey -1.9 (#209) 3.4 (#117)
Bradley-Terry -0.62 (#238) 0.69 (#113)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.43 (#209) 0.74 (#120)
RPI 0.488 (#202) 0.542 (#100)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU TEM
FG% 41.7% 42.0%
3PT% 31.3% 32.1%
REB / G 35.5 35.7
OREB / G 10.1 9.9
AST / TO 1.03 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 49.0%
TOV% 18.1% 20.3%
ORB% 27.2% 29.0%
FT Rate 21.5% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 17.0%
DRB% 69.5% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 21.1%

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