The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
St. John's Red Storm
87 82 OT
FINAL Conference
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden · February 9, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -16.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money SJU -1800 / XAV +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +5 169 Won
Massey SJU -17.1 (-12.1)
Massey Totals 160.7 (+8.3)
Bradley-Terry 92%
Weighted B-T 94%
Efficiency Plus ML SJU -15.3 (-10.3) 153.6 (+15.4) 88%
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -15.2 (-10.2) 154.8 (+14.2) 89%
Baseline ML SJU -14.2 (-9.2) 153.4 (+15.6) 89%
Baseline Plus ML SJU -15.3 (-10.3) 157.2 (+11.8) 89%

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 SJU 8883 XAV
Jan 23, 2025 SJU 7971 XAV
Jan 7, 2025 SJU 8272 XAV
Jan 31, 2024 XAV 8877 SJU
Dec 21, 2023 SJU 8166 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU XAV
Overall 30-7 15-18
Conference 18-2 6-14
Home 18-2 12-6
Away 9-1 1-10
Neutral 3-4 2-2
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.9 78.4
Avg Pts Against 69.6 80.6
Massey 19.0 (#17) 5.0 (#105)
Bradley-Terry 2.99 (#24) 1.12 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.88 (#24) 1.65 (#76)
RPI 0.628 (#21) 0.532 (#105)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU XAV
FG% 46.5% 43.6%
3PT% 35.2% 36.2%
REB / G 38.2 34.4
OREB / G 13.7 10.0
AST / TO 1.45 1.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.6% 51.1%
TOV% 15.4% 14.3%
ORB% 37.8% 26.2%
FT Rate 31.4% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 53.2%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 16.9%
DRB% 68.1% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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