That man could give a fuck about the grin on your face as you walk by randy as a goat. "Never Say Never" - Romeo Void
Loyola Marymount Lions
71 – 88
FINAL Conference
BYU Cougars
West Coast Conference · Gersten Pavilion · February 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money LMU +320 / BYU -300
Model Predictions
Spread Total LMU win
Actual BYU +17 159 Lost
Massey BYU -7.1 (-9.9) — —
Massey Totals — 137.8 (+21.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -4.1 (-12.9) 141.2 (+17.8) 37% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -3.3 (-13.7) 139.1 (+19.9) 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -4.0 (-13.0) 140.6 (+18.4) 32% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -4.3 (-12.7) 141.9 (+17.1) 36% ✓

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 BYU 73 – 63 LMU
Feb 3, 2023 BYU 89 – 61 LMU
Jan 6, 2023 LMU 64 – 59 BYU
Mar 5, 2022 BYU 85 – 60 LMU
Feb 25, 2022 BYU 79 – 59 LMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LMU BYU
Overall 13-9 20-7
Conference 7-5 10-3
Home 8-3 11-2
Away 4-5 7-2
Neutral 1-1 2-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.5 77.0
Avg Pts Against 68.0 69.0
Massey 3.7 (#115) 13.2 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 1.33 (#76) 2.61 (#20)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#90) 3.21 (#25)
RPI 0.537 (#108) 0.619 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors LMU BYU
FG% 45.3% 47.5%
3PT% 34.1% 35.7%
REB / G 36.4 39.8
OREB / G 10.1 9.9
AST / TO 0.83 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 54.6%
TOV% 23.3% 19.5%
ORB% 32.1% 29.5%
FT Rate 29.4% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 16.4%
DRB% 79.5% 76.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 19.4%

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