I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Big East Conference · Wintrust Arena · February 12, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -1.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money DEP -105 / CREI -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEP win
Actual DEP +1 143 Won
Massey CREI -0.5 (+1.5)
Massey Totals 141.7 (+1.3)
Bradley-Terry 44%
Weighted B-T 45%
Efficiency Plus ML CREI -0.1 (+1.1) 141.9 (+1.1) 54%
Baseline Tuned ML DEP -0.4 (+0.6) 137.3 (+5.7) 54%
Baseline ML DEP -0.5 (+0.5) 137.7 (+5.3) 53%
Baseline Plus ML DEP -0.7 (+0.3) 140.4 (+2.6) 56%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 26, 2026 DEP 7271 CREI
Mar 13, 2025 CREI 8581 DEP
Feb 27, 2025 CREI 7565 DEP
Jan 22, 2025 CREI 7349 DEP
Jan 28, 2024 CREI 8562 DEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DEP CREI
Overall 16-16 16-18
Conference 8-12 9-11
Home 11-7 10-6
Away 4-7 4-8
Neutral 1-2 2-4
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 75.2
Avg Pts Against 69.6 75.2
Massey 4.5 (#107) 8.1 (#77)
Bradley-Terry 0.65 (#100) 1.42 (#71)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.97 (#97) 1.76 (#73)
RPI 0.487 (#213) 0.553 (#72)
Shooting & Four Factors DEP CREI
FG% 44.1% 45.9%
3PT% 33.3% 34.2%
REB / G 33.5 35.3
OREB / G 10.1 9.8
AST / TO 1.26 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 54.3%
TOV% 17.7% 16.6%
ORB% 29.8% 29.0%
FT Rate 25.7% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 14.1%
DRB% 68.6% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 16.6%

Game Analysis

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