Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Saint Joseph's Hawks
82 – 62
FINAL Neutral Holiday Hoopfest
Virginia Tech Hokies
The Palestra (Neutral) · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread JOES -2.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money JOES -145 / VT +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total JOES win
Actual JOES +20 144 Won
Massey JOES -3.7 (+16.3) — —
Massey Totals — 134.6 (+9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML JOES -3.5 (+16.5) 136.3 (+7.7) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ JOES -1.9 (+18.1) 138.2 (+5.8) 59% ✓
Baseline Plus ML JOES -2.6 (+17.4) 138.1 (+5.9) 65% ✓
Baseline ML JOES -3.0 (+17.0) 139.1 (+4.9) 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

Nov 13, 2025 VT 94 – 59 JOES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JOES VT
Overall 22-13 13-19
Conference 11-7 8-12
Home 13-5 8-9
Away 4-6 5-5
Neutral 5-2 0-5
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 75.1 69.2
Avg Pts Against 68.6 73.2
Massey 3.7 (#105) -0.0 (#158)
Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#133) -0.50 (#214)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.43 (#141) -0.38 (#201)
RPI 0.531 (#120) 0.471 (#227)
Shooting & Four Factors JOES VT
FG% 45.1% 43.1%
3PT% 34.3% 34.2%
REB / G 35.8 35.8
OREB / G 9.8 12.4
AST / TO 1.36 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.6% 50.2%
TOV% 17.2% 21.5%
ORB% 28.7% 37.0%
FT Rate 23.4% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 19.2%
DRB% 71.5% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 24.9%

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