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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 7560 SMU
Jan 17, 2024 SMU 7764 TEM
Feb 17, 2022 TEM 6457 SMU
Jan 29, 2022 SMU 6961 TEM
Jan 11, 2021 SMU 7968 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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