I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. "Not Fade Away"-The Rolling Stones
BYU Cougars
65 – 51
FINAL Conference
Saint Mary's Gaels
West Coast Conference · Marriott Center · February 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BYU -7.5 Home covered
O/U 128.5 Under
Money BYU -340 / SMC +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total BYU win
Actual BYU +14 116 Won
Massey BYU -8.8 (+5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 126.8 (-10.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 82% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BYU -8.6 (+5.4) 134.0 (-18.0) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BYU -6.7 (+7.3) 132.5 (-16.5) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BYU -9.4 (+4.6) 133.5 (-17.5) 81% ✓
Baseline ML BYU -8.4 (+5.6) 134.3 (-18.3) 80% ✓

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 7, 2023 SMC 76 – 69 BYU
Feb 19, 2023 SMC 71 – 65 BYU
Jan 29, 2023 SMC 57 – 56 BYU
Feb 20, 2022 SMC 69 – 64 BYU
Jan 9, 2022 BYU 52 – 43 SMC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BYU SMC
Overall 20-7 14-10
Conference 10-3 4-6
Home 11-2 9-3
Away 7-2 2-3
Neutral 2-3 3-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 77.0 64.2
Avg Pts Against 69.0 62.6
Massey 13.3 (#26) 6.9 (#83)
Bradley-Terry 2.68 (#14) 1.61 (#61)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.25 (#17) 1.93 (#67)
RPI 0.627 (#8) 0.574 (#50)
Shooting & Four Factors BYU SMC
FG% 48.3% 42.9%
3PT% 36.9% 30.9%
REB / G 39.0 35.2
OREB / G 9.6 9.0
AST / TO 1.21 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 48.8%
TOV% 19.2% 17.5%
ORB% 29.3% 27.6%
FT Rate 20.4% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.5% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 18.4%
DRB% 76.0% 79.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.2% 20.3%

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