We need the funk. "Give Up the Funk" - Parliament
SMU Mustangs
62 81
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · March 3, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -6.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money SMU +210 / MEM -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual MEM +19 143 Lost
Massey MEM -7.8 (-11.2)
Massey Totals 155.4 (-12.4)
Bradley-Terry 13%
Weighted B-T 8%
Efficiency Plus ML MEM -6.4 (-12.6) 156.5 (-13.5) 25%
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -7.6 (-11.4) 153.4 (-10.4) 23%
Baseline ML MEM -6.7 (-12.3) 154.8 (-11.8) 21%
Baseline Plus ML MEM -7.5 (-11.5) 155.9 (-12.9) 25%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 18, 2024 SMU 10679 MEM
Jan 7, 2024 MEM 6259 SMU
Jan 27, 2023 MEM 9984 SMU
Mar 12, 2022 MEM 7063 SMU
Feb 20, 2022 SMU 7357 MEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU MEM
Overall 10-22 26-9
Conference 5-13 13-5
Home 7-9 13-2
Away 1-11 7-5
Neutral 2-2 6-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 79.4
Avg Pts Against 75.6 71.8
Massey -0.9 (#189) 10.5 (#40)
Bradley-Terry -0.45 (#226) 2.07 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.33 (#201) 2.79 (#20)
RPI 0.487 (#207) 0.604 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU MEM
FG% 42.4% 48.3%
3PT% 31.5% 33.8%
REB / G 35.1 35.8
OREB / G 10.2 10.4
AST / TO 1.07 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.8% 53.1%
TOV% 17.7% 18.5%
ORB% 27.4% 31.1%
FT Rate 21.8% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 20.9%
DRB% 69.6% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.9% 26.4%

Game Analysis

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