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Automated Team Capsule for 2021-22 SMU 24-9 (0.727) | American

All-Play Percentage: 0.849 (56^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.556 (105^th)	Record Quality: 0.331 (37^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 64.89 (58^th)
Pace: 69.14 (150^th)	Momentum: -2.70 (285^th)	Off. Momentum: -2.76 (333^rd)	Def. Momentum: 0.05 (142^nd)
Consistency: -8.94 (145^th)	Res. Consistency: -12.35 (206^th)	Away From Home: -1.98 (340^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: -0.92 (183^rd)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through April 4, 2022. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

108.59

27.10

75.21

84.61

45.30

32.26

35.80

18.55

38.35

33.80

58.17

12.33

13.57

5.72

38.13

21.93

39.95

1.98

RANK:

46^th

53^rd

62^nd

119^th

84^th

144^th

72^nd

310^th

141^st

20^th

184^th

100^th

146^th

91^st

164^th

321^st

28^th

92^nd

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

94.25

21.91

88.15

39.35

31.26

30.41

28.27

35.52

28.62

52.90

9.18

14.69

5.17

35.46

32.07

32.47

2.03

RANK:

61^st

88^th

336^th

21^st

175^th

29^th

331^st

86^th

172^nd

24^th

40^th

272^nd

214^th

111^th

316^th

97^th

189^th

ANALYSIS:
While this site doesn't quite consider them to be in the national title hunt, SMU has the potential to be a formidable opponent for many in Division I. They have a record of 24-9 and are ranked 56th overall (out of 358) in the latest Haslametrics ratings. Of the 11 schools in the AAC (average ranking 105.9), they're currently ranked as our #3 team in the conference.

SMU succeeds primarily through their offense. They are ranked 46th in offensive efficiency and score in excess of 108 points every 100 possessions vs. AO. SMU will make a strong effort to get off as many field goals close to the basket as they can. The ball-club is 28th in the NCAA in ratio of near-proximity attempts to total field goal attempts. As far as converting those near-proximity shots goes, the team shoots 58.2% vs. AO, which falls somewhere in the middle of the pack of the rankings in that category. SMU also does a pretty good job of protecting the ball when they have possession and not allowing quick and easy baskets off of their own turnovers. The team's rating vs. AO for potential breakaway points allowed off of steals is 9.18, which ranks #40 in the country.

SMU plays at roughly the same level defensively as they do offensively. The team ranks 61st nationally in defensive efficiency, allowing about 94 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. SMU will take a bite out of many opponents' shooting percentages, based on the fact that the team ranks in the top-50 in three of our four primary defensive field goal categories. They allow AO to convert only 30.4% of their three-pointers (29th in the nation), 52.9% of their near-proximity attempts (24th), and 39.4% of their total shots from the field (21st). If SMU does exhibit a noticeable weakness on the defensive end of the floor, it'd likely be the team's propensity to allow too many shot attempts per trip. The squad has a rating of 88.15 in defensive field goal attempt rate vs. AO, which ranks 23rd-worst in college basketball.

On the road, SMU performs noticeably worse than they do at home. The team is currently ranked 340th in the country in the away-from-home metric we track.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/9/2021	vs McNeese₃₀₉	W 85.43 - 61.42	W 86-62	1-0	114.96	108.92	▼ 6.04	87.48	77.67	▲ 9.81	▲ 3.77
Fri 11/12/2021	@ Oregon₇₅	L 71.44 - 73.30	L 63-86	1-1	104.43	92.99	▼ 11.44	101.71	125.20	▼ 23.49	▼ 34.93
Mon 11/15/2021	vs Northwestern St.₃₃₆	W 89.73 - 62.47	W 95-48	2-1	119.15	138.63	▲ 19.48	88.00	66.76	▲ 21.24	▲ 40.72
Thu 11/18/2021	vs SE Louisiana₂₇₄	W 86.07 - 64.69	W 78-61	3-1	115.32	108.62	▼ 6.70	91.53	75.69	▲ 15.84	▲ 9.14
Sun 11/21/2021	vs Missouri₁₆₇ *	W 73.93 - 64.12	L 75-80 (OT)	3-2	108.52	91.18	▼ 17.34	93.83	89.86	▲ 3.97	▼ 13.37
Mon 11/22/2021	vs Loyola Marymount₁₉₂ *	W 77.29 - 65.97	L 70-76	3-3	112.15	112.90	▲ 0.75	96.52	124.59	▼ 28.07	▼ 27.32
Wed 11/24/2021	vs Sam Houston₁₃₁	W 72.24 - 61.49	W 75-66	4-3	103.40	107.62	▲ 4.22	92.93	95.32	▼ 2.39	▲ 1.83
Sun 11/28/2021	vs UL Monroe₂₈₈	W 83.94 - 62.38	W 74-67	5-3	115.73	100.11	▼ 15.62	91.39	97.04	▼ 5.65	▼ 21.27
Wed 12/1/2021	vs UNLV₉₅	W 73.60 - 66.29	W 83-64	6-3	103.02	116.87	▲ 13.85	97.76	96.61	▲ 1.15	▲ 15.00
Sat 12/4/2021	vs Vanderbilt₆₆	W 72.20 - 67.32	W 84-72	7-3	100.14	121.94	▲ 21.80	98.49	107.22	▼ 8.73	▲ 13.07
Wed 12/8/2021	vs Dayton₄₅	W 67.83 - 65.38	W 77-69	8-3	98.72	108.92	▲ 10.20	99.88	102.67	▼ 2.79	▲ 7.41
Sun 12/19/2021	@ New Mexico₁₄₃	W 78.76 - 73.63	W 90-72	9-3	109.11	123.51	▲ 14.40	97.05	99.82	▼ 2.77	▲ 11.63
Wed 12/29/2021	@ Tulsa₁₆₀	W 74.12 - 68.09	W 74-69	10-3	109.06	113.12	▲ 4.06	95.02	101.87	▼ 6.85	▼ 2.79
Sun 1/2/2022	vs UCF₁₀₃	W 75.44 - 66.97	W 72-60	11-3	105.02	100.27	▼ 4.75	97.96	82.38	▲ 15.58	▲ 10.83
Thu 1/6/2022	@ Cincinnati₁₀₀	W 70.11 - 69.42	L 60-77	11-4	102.42	91.21	▼ 11.21	95.65	112.95	▼ 17.30	▼ 28.51
Wed 1/12/2022	vs USF₂₄₃	W 73.09 - 55.28	W 77-65	12-4	104.53	126.64	▲ 22.11	83.33	97.41	▼ 14.08	▲ 8.03
Sat 1/15/2022	@ Tulane₉₀	L 72.53 - 73.07	W 75-66	13-4	105.51	108.65	▲ 3.14	101.13	91.20	▲ 9.93	▲ 13.07
Thu 1/20/2022	@ Memphis₃₁	L 70.00 - 75.88	W 70-62	14-4	100.43	102.67	▲ 2.24	102.66	76.12	▲ 26.54	▲ 28.78
Wed 1/26/2022	@ USF₂₄₃	W 69.46 - 58.74	W 74-54	15-4	104.53	114.54	▲ 10.01	83.33	69.74	▲ 13.59	▲ 23.60
Sat 1/29/2022	vs Temple₁₁₄	W 73.17 - 63.02	W 69-61	16-4	102.39	99.93	▼ 2.46	92.84	92.38	▲ 0.46	▼ 2.00
Sat 2/5/2022	@ Wichita State₉₄	L 68.54 - 68.72	L 57-72	16-5	101.31	87.29	▼ 14.02	96.41	100.31	▼ 3.90	▼ 17.92
Wed 2/9/2022	vs Houston₄	L 64.98 - 70.68	W 85-83	17-5	94.15	117.05	▲ 22.90	107.50	122.96	▼ 15.46	▲ 7.44
Sat 2/12/2022	@ ECU₁₇₀	W 74.51 - 67.81	W 80-66	18-5	108.06	120.13	▲ 12.07	92.92	82.81	▲ 10.11	▲ 22.18
Wed 2/16/2022	@ Temple₁₁₄	W 69.46 - 66.57	L 57-64	18-6	102.39	82.95	▼ 19.44	92.84	86.22	▲ 6.62	▼ 12.82
Sun 2/20/2022	vs Memphis₃₁	W 73.80 - 72.14	W 73-57	19-6	100.43	112.58	▲ 12.15	102.66	77.25	▲ 25.41	▲ 37.56
Wed 2/23/2022	vs Tulsa₁₆₀	W 77.83 - 64.45	W 75-61	20-6	109.06	109.45	▲ 0.39	95.02	92.07	▲ 2.95	▲ 3.34
Sun 2/27/2022	@ Houston₄	L 61.42 - 74.11	L 61-75	20-7	94.15	92.67	▼ 1.48	107.50	117.00	▼ 9.50	▼ 10.98
Thu 3/3/2022	vs Cincinnati₁₀₀	W 73.84 - 65.85	W 76-71	21-7	102.42	107.47	▲ 5.05	95.65	101.28	▼ 5.63	▼ 0.58
Sun 3/6/2022	vs Tulane₉₀	W 76.28 - 69.32	W 74-68	22-7	105.51	104.19	▼ 1.32	101.13	100.87	▲ 0.26	▼ 1.06
Fri 3/11/2022	vs Tulsa₁₆₀ *	W 75.98 - 66.27	W 83-58	23-7	109.06	118.58	▲ 9.52	95.02	88.54	▲ 6.48	▲ 16.00
Sat 3/12/2022	vs Memphis₃₁ *	L 71.90 - 74.01	L 63-70	23-8	100.43	88.73	▼ 11.70	102.66	97.22	▲ 5.44	▼ 6.26
Wed 3/16/2022	vs Nicholls₂₀₄	W 80.86 - 65.04	W 68-58	24-8	109.25	91.77	▼ 17.48	93.00	83.79	▲ 9.21	▼ 8.27
Sun 3/20/2022	vs Washington St.₅₇	W 70.71 - 66.89	L 63-75	24-9	99.91	91.36	▼ 8.55	99.14	112.97	▼ 13.83	▼ 22.38
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	When facing teams that fail to defend efficiently inside the paint, SMU often performs better than normal. SMU is more efficient than usual 70% of the time when facing teams that have a defensive near-proximity field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 57.29%. In their other contests, SMU performs better than the norm 23% of the time.
	SMU does worse vs. clubs that tend to get off more shots. When playing squads that have an offensive field goal attempt rate vs. AO greater than 82.89, SMU performs above average 35% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 77% of the time.
	SMU performs worse against squads that convert more frequently off of offensive rebounds. When facing teams that have an offensive second-chance conversion percentage vs. AO greater than 4.70%, SMU is more efficient than normal 38% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 75% of the time.

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	Davis, Bandoumel lead SMU past Tulane 74-68 (3/6/2022 5:46:18 PM) DALLAS (AP) — Kendric Davis scored 19 points as SMU extended its home win streak to 16 games, topping Tulane 74-68 on Sunday.
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HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox