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SMU Mustangs
71 – 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats
American Conference · Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money SMU -200 / CIN +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMU win
Actual CIN +3 145 Lost
Massey SMU -7.4 (-10.4) — —
Massey Totals — 145.1 (-0.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SMU -5.0 (-8.0) 144.2 (+0.8) 63% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMU -4.7 (-7.7) 141.2 (+3.8) 66% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SMU -6.1 (-9.1) 144.6 (+0.4) 73% ✗
Baseline ML SMU -5.6 (-8.6) 144.7 (+0.3) 65% ✗

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
Jan 8, 2021 CIN 76 – 69 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 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.6 68.9
Avg Pts Against 68.1 72.1
Massey 10.1 (#51) 2.7 (#127)
Bradley-Terry 1.98 (#46) 0.86 (#102)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.37 (#51) 0.98 (#102)
RPI 0.560 (#64) 0.534 (#100)
Shooting & Four Factors SMU CIN
FG% 45.7% 43.1%
3PT% 34.0% 31.1%
REB / G 37.3 35.9
OREB / G 10.2 10.3
AST / TO 1.11 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 49.2%
TOV% 19.6% 20.3%
ORB% 29.9% 28.4%
FT Rate 22.8% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.0% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 18.6%
DRB% 71.2% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 30.8%

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