The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
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% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -7.6 (-11.4) 153.4 (-10.4) 23% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MEM -6.4 (-12.6) 156.5 (-13.5) 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MEM -7.5 (-11.5) 155.9 (-12.9) 25% ✓
Baseline ML MEM -6.7 (-12.3) 154.8 (-11.8) 21% ✓

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 106 – 79 MEM
Jan 7, 2024 MEM 62 – 59 SMU
Jan 27, 2023 MEM 99 – 84 SMU
Mar 12, 2022 MEM 70 – 63 SMU
Feb 20, 2022 SMU 73 – 57 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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