They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
Clemson Tigers
74 70
FINAL Conference
SMU Mustangs
Atlantic Coast Conference · Littlejohn Coliseum · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CLEM -3.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money CLEM -192 / SMU +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLEM win
Actual CLEM +4 144 Won
Massey CLEM -1.1 (+2.9)
Massey Totals 155.5 (-11.5)
Bradley-Terry 47%
Weighted B-T 46%
Efficiency Plus ML CLEM -3.1 (+0.9) 143.8 (+0.2) 63%
Baseline Tuned ML CLEM -2.1 (+1.9) 145.8 (-1.8) 56%
Baseline ML CLEM -1.9 (+2.1) 144.2 (-0.2) 53%
Baseline Plus ML CLEM -2.0 (+2.0) 146.7 (-2.7) 58%

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 14, 2025 CLEM 5754 SMU
Feb 22, 2025 CLEM 7969 SMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLEM SMU
Overall 24-11 20-14
Conference 12-6 8-10
Home 13-3 15-3
Away 6-5 3-8
Neutral 5-3 2-3
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 73.8 84.1
Avg Pts Against 66.7 77.9
Massey 13.9 (#36) 16.5 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 2.55 (#29) 3.32 (#19)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.22 (#32) 4.10 (#23)
RPI 0.610 (#30) 0.662 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors CLEM SMU
FG% 46.3% 50.5%
3PT% 33.2% 35.9%
REB / G 38.0 39.4
OREB / G 10.8 12.9
AST / TO 1.45 1.71
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 56.8%
TOV% 14.4% 15.2%
ORB% 31.8% 36.3%
FT Rate 28.5% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 19.1%
DRB% 75.3% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 25.4% 23.7%

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