They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
Hinkle Fieldhouse · November 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SMU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money BUT +105 / SMU -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUT win
Actual BUT +11 151 Won
Massey BUT -1.2 (+9.8)
Massey Totals 157.0 (-6.0)
Bradley-Terry 50%
Weighted B-T 49%
Efficiency Plus ML BUT -0.6 (+10.4) 151.2 (-0.2) 53%
Baseline Tuned ML BUT -2.1 (+8.9) 147.6 (+3.4) 52%
Baseline ML BUT -1.7 (+9.3) 150.6 (+0.4) 48%
Baseline Plus ML BUT -2.7 (+8.3) 151.6 (-0.6) 51%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 15, 2025 SMU 8785 BUT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUT SMU
Overall 15-20 24-11
Conference 6-14 13-7
Home 9-8 13-6
Away 2-9 7-4
Neutral 4-3 4-1
Last 5 2-1 3-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.7 79.9
Avg Pts Against 74.9 71.3
Massey -2.6 (#231) 4.6 (#93)
Bradley-Terry -0.68 (#243) 0.97 (#101)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.85 (#235) 1.32 (#100)
RPI 0.486 (#204) 0.579 (#114)
Shooting & Four Factors BUT SMU
FG% 47.9% 50.0%
3PT% 39.4% 37.0%
REB / G 35.0 40.3
OREB / G 8.0 13.0
AST / TO 0.98 1.66
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.8% 57.0%
TOV% 22.8% 15.5%
ORB% 30.8% 35.1%
FT Rate 39.0% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.3% 44.0%
Opp TOV% 12.7% 23.5%
DRB% 65.9% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 14.4% 32.7%

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