Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
SMU Mustangs
69 – 76
FINAL Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · January 8, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 141.0 Over
Money SMU -240 / CIN +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual CIN +7 145 Lost
Massey SMU -11.7 (-18.7) — —
Massey Totals — 148.5 (-3.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SMU -11.0 (-18.0) 145.4 (-0.4) 83% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -9.4 (-16.4) 142.3 (+2.7) 81% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -10.6 (-17.6) 145.5 (-0.5) 86% ✗
Baseline ML SMU -11.2 (-18.2) 144.0 (+1.0) 82% ✗

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 5, 2023 CIN 97 – 74 SMU
Jan 14, 2023 CIN 54 – 52 SMU
Mar 4, 2022 SMU 76 – 71 CIN
Jan 7, 2022 CIN 77 – 60 SMU
Mar 12, 2021 CIN 74 – 71 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMU CIN
Overall 11-6 12-11
Conference 7-4 8-6
Home 6-2 5-5
Away 5-2 5-5
Neutral 0-2 2-1
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.6 68.9
Avg Pts Against 68.1 72.1
Massey 11.3 (#41) 2.9 (#114)
Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#24) -0.21 (#183)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#26) 0.22 (#165)
RPI 0.608 (#38) 0.484 (#186)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU CIN
FG% 47.1% 42.7%
3PT% 36.9% 26.0%
REB / G 39.6 35.0
OREB / G 11.3 10.8
AST / TO 1.26 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 47.4%
TOV% 18.7% 20.9%
ORB% 32.4% 29.7%
FT Rate 23.4% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.4% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 19.0%
DRB% 70.7% 77.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 32.1%

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