Really don't mind if you sit this one out. "Thick as a Brick" - Jethro Tull
SMU Mustangs
63 – 70
FINAL Neutral Conference Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MEM -3.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual MEM +7 133 Lost
Massey MEM -2.6 (-4.4) — —
Massey Totals — 145.3 (-12.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 54% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MEM -1.9 (-5.1) 144.5 (-11.5) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MEM -2.4 (-4.6) 143.5 (-10.5) 37% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MEM -1.5 (-5.5) 142.5 (-9.5) 43% ✓
Baseline ML MEM -1.8 (-5.2) 142.8 (-9.8) 41% ✓

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
Feb 20, 2022 SMU 73 – 57 MEM

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 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.8 75.2
Avg Pts Against 67.1 68.3
Massey 9.6 (#55) 12.2 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 1.83 (#48) 1.67 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.13 (#53) 2.45 (#41)
RPI 0.579 (#45) 0.581 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU MEM
FG% 44.6% 47.3%
3PT% 36.5% 36.3%
REB / G 37.9 38.3
OREB / G 9.6 12.3
AST / TO 1.11 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 53.1%
TOV% 18.2% 22.8%
ORB% 28.4% 36.9%
FT Rate 26.6% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 21.4%
DRB% 70.3% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 17.3% 22.9%

Game Analysis

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