I'm going to Wichita, far from this opera for evermore. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
BYU Cougars
52 – 43
FINAL Conference
Saint Mary's Gaels
West Coast Conference · Marriott Center · January 9, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -4.0 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual BYU +9 95 Won
Massey BYU -6.2 (+2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 129.3 (-34.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 59% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -5.4 (+3.6) 131.1 (-36.1) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -6.1 (+2.9) 129.1 (-34.1) 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -5.8 (+3.2) 131.9 (-36.9) 72% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -5.9 (+3.1) 132.6 (-37.6) 75% ✓

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 7, 2023 SMC 76 – 69 BYU
Feb 19, 2023 SMC 71 – 65 BYU
Jan 29, 2023 SMC 57 – 56 BYU
Feb 20, 2022 SMC 69 – 64 BYU
Feb 28, 2021 BYU 65 – 51 SMC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU SMC
Overall 24-11 26-8
Conference 9-6 12-3
Home 14-3 16-0
Away 6-5 6-4
Neutral 4-3 4-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 69.5
Avg Pts Against 69.0 61.3
Massey 11.6 (#31) 9.3 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 2.11 (#47) 2.42 (#36)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#39) 2.94 (#40)
RPI 0.624 (#25) 0.609 (#34)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU SMC
FG% 43.9% 46.5%
3PT% 34.9% 33.4%
REB / G 41.7 33.9
OREB / G 11.8 8.6
AST / TO 1.09 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 52.6%
TOV% 18.8% 18.8%
ORB% 33.7% 28.5%
FT Rate 23.5% 18.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.6% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 20.1%
DRB% 76.7% 81.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 17.6%

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