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Big East Conference · Fiserv Forum · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -3.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money MARQ -162 / BTLR +136
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual MARQ +15 125 Won
Massey BTLR -2.8 (+17.8) — —
Massey Totals — 161.9 (-36.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 32% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BTLR -2.3 (+17.3) 160.4 (-35.4) 46% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BTLR -0.7 (+15.7) 158.2 (-33.2) 59% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BTLR -1.3 (+16.3) 155.0 (-30.0) 47% ✗
Baseline ML BTLR -1.4 (+16.4) 156.1 (-31.1) 48% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 BTLR 87 – 76 MARQ
Jan 29, 2025 MARQ 78 – 69 BTLR
Dec 19, 2024 MARQ 80 – 70 BTLR
Feb 13, 2024 MARQ 78 – 72 BTLR
Jan 11, 2024 BTLR 69 – 62 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ BTLR
Overall 12-20 16-16
Conference 7-13 7-13
Home 10-7 10-7
Away 2-10 3-8
Neutral 0-3 3-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 79.4
Avg Pts Against 75.8 77.5
Massey 3.7 (#111) 9.5 (#60)
Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#171) 1.23 (#76)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.12 (#155) 1.66 (#75)
RPI 0.473 (#230) 0.528 (#114)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ BTLR
FG% 43.0% 46.1%
3PT% 31.4% 34.1%
REB / G 34.9 38.5
OREB / G 12.1 12.9
AST / TO 1.38 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 52.3%
TOV% 15.6% 16.0%
ORB% 31.4% 35.9%
FT Rate 22.7% 31.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 15.5%
DRB% 66.3% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 18.4%

Game Analysis

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