Well you know that it's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city / And you never learned nothing about country ways "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - Country Joe and the Fish
SMU Mustangs
67 – 65
FINAL Conference
Memphis Tigers
American Conference · Moody Coliseum (Dallas) · January 29, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money SMU -163 / MEM +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual SMU +2 132 Won
Massey SMU -5.3 (-3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 142.9 (-10.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -4.8 (-2.8) 140.5 (-8.5) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -4.0 (-2.0) 140.6 (-8.6) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMU -5.0 (-3.0) 143.6 (-11.6) 73% ✓
Baseline ML SMU -5.0 (-3.0) 140.5 (-8.5) 73% ✓

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 11-6 20-8
Conference 7-4 11-4
Home 6-2 10-1
Away 5-2 4-3
Neutral 0-2 6-4
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 W4
Avg Pts For 74.6 72.4
Avg Pts Against 68.1 62.7
Massey 11.0 (#46) 8.3 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#36) 1.65 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.16 (#32) 2.27 (#66)
RPI 0.562 (#79) 0.547 (#94)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU MEM
FG% 47.1% 43.2%
3PT% 37.0% 34.5%
REB / G 38.1 40.9
OREB / G 10.3 12.7
AST / TO 1.27 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.0% 49.1%
TOV% 18.5% 21.1%
ORB% 30.2% 33.5%
FT Rate 22.0% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.8% 44.0%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 22.2%
DRB% 71.8% 76.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 23.3%

Game Analysis

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