This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big East Conference · Fiserv Forum · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -3.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money MARQ -162 / BUT +136
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual MARQ +15 125 Won
Massey BUT -2.8 (+17.8)
Massey Totals 161.9 (-36.9)
Bradley-Terry 32%
Weighted B-T 28%
Efficiency Plus ML BUT -0.7 (+15.7) 158.2 (-33.2) 59%
Baseline Tuned ML BUT -1.3 (+16.3) 155.0 (-30.0) 47%
Baseline ML BUT -1.4 (+16.4) 156.1 (-31.1) 48%
Baseline Plus ML BUT -2.3 (+17.3) 160.4 (-35.4) 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

Jan 24, 2026 BUT 8776 MARQ
Jan 29, 2025 MARQ 7869 BUT
Dec 19, 2024 MARQ 8070 BUT
Feb 13, 2024 MARQ 7872 BUT
Jan 11, 2024 BUT 6962 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ BUT
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 BUT
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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