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SMU Mustangs
73 – 57
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · February 20, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money SMU +115 / MEM -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +16 130 Won
Massey MEM -0.2 (+16.2) — —
Massey Totals — 148.4 (-18.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -1.1 (+14.9) 146.2 (-16.2) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -1.1 (+14.9) 144.0 (-14.0) 53% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMU -1.0 (+15.0) 145.0 (-15.0) 60% ✓
Baseline ML SMU -1.2 (+14.8) 147.0 (-17.0) 58% ✓

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
Mar 3, 2023 MEM 81 – 62 SMU
Jan 27, 2023 MEM 99 – 84 SMU
Mar 12, 2022 MEM 70 – 63 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU MEM
Overall 24-9 22-11
Conference 13-4 13-5
Home 17-1 13-2
Away 6-5 5-6
Neutral 1-3 4-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 75.2
Avg Pts Against 67.1 68.3
Massey 8.9 (#59) 11.9 (#28)
Bradley-Terry 1.74 (#54) 1.55 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.99 (#58) 2.41 (#44)
RPI 0.586 (#46) 0.588 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU MEM
FG% 44.9% 47.3%
3PT% 36.9% 36.1%
REB / G 38.4 39.0
OREB / G 9.7 12.5
AST / TO 1.10 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 53.2%
TOV% 18.4% 22.9%
ORB% 28.7% 36.9%
FT Rate 26.5% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.0% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 21.1%
DRB% 70.6% 68.5%
Opp FT Rate 16.9% 24.1%

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