I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · March 9, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -3.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money XAV +145 / MARQ -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual MARQ +6 166 Lost
Massey MARQ -3.7 (-2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 153.4 (+12.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 29% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 33% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -2.3 (-3.7) 153.4 (+12.6) 40% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MARQ -0.7 (-5.3) 153.4 (+12.6) 49% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -1.8 (-4.2) 153.8 (+12.2) 46% ✓
Baseline ML MARQ -1.3 (-4.7) 154.5 (+11.5) 46% ✓

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 11, 2026 XAV 89 – 87 MARQ
Feb 14, 2026 XAV 96 – 88 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 66 – 65 XAV
Mar 13, 2025 MARQ 89 – 87 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 59 – 57 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV MARQ
Overall 16-18 27-10
Conference 9-11 14-6
Home 11-7 14-2
Away 3-9 7-5
Neutral 2-2 6-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.9 78.1
Avg Pts Against 74.6 69.8
Massey 9.7 (#55) 16.7 (#15)
Bradley-Terry 1.10 (#91) 2.61 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.78 (#68) 3.17 (#12)
RPI 0.546 (#100) 0.610 (#16)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV MARQ
FG% 43.6% 48.2%
3PT% 34.3% 35.4%
REB / G 38.7 32.9
OREB / G 12.3 9.0
AST / TO 1.40 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.1% 55.5%
TOV% 16.2% 14.7%
ORB% 32.8% 26.8%
FT Rate 23.9% 17.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 21.8%
DRB% 70.6% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 19.9%

Game Analysis

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