Can I kick it? Yes you can. "Can I Kick It?" - A Tribe Called Quest
SMU Mustangs
69 61
FINAL Conference
Temple Owls
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · January 29, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -10.0 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +8 130 Won
Massey SMU -9.8 (-1.8)
Massey Totals 138.7 (-8.7)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 85%
Efficiency Plus ML SMU -9.3 (-1.3) 141.4 (-11.4) 78%
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -8.1 (-0.1) 138.2 (-8.2) 79%
Baseline ML SMU -8.2 (-0.2) 138.4 (-8.4) 77%
Baseline Plus ML SMU -8.8 (-0.8) 139.0 (-9.0) 78%

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 9, 2023 SMU 7271 TEM
Feb 17, 2022 TEM 6457 SMU
Jan 11, 2021 SMU 7968 TEM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU TEM
Overall 24-9 17-12
Conference 13-4 10-7
Home 17-1 11-3
Away 6-5 5-6
Neutral 1-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 66.8
Avg Pts Against 67.1 66.4
Massey 8.9 (#56) 2.5 (#125)
Bradley-Terry 1.63 (#63) 1.14 (#91)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#64) 0.94 (#112)
RPI 0.572 (#69) 0.536 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU TEM
FG% 45.4% 41.0%
3PT% 36.7% 29.2%
REB / G 38.6 38.4
OREB / G 10.2 11.9
AST / TO 1.13 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 46.4%
TOV% 18.2% 18.4%
ORB% 29.9% 33.1%
FT Rate 26.2% 27.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 17.2%
DRB% 70.6% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 16.0% 19.5%

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