They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Xavier Musketeers
68 – 77
FINAL Conference
Seton Hall Pirates
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · March 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HALL -1.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money XAV +105 / HALL -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual HALL +9 145 Lost
Massey HALL -1.8 (-7.2) — —
Massey Totals — 143.4 (+1.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 44% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HALL -1.4 (-7.6) 141.8 (+3.2) 36% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ XAV -0.5 (-9.5) 142.9 (+2.1) 49% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HALL -1.2 (-7.8) 137.9 (+7.1) 43% ✓
Baseline ML HALL -0.8 (-8.2) 138.1 (+6.9) 38% ✓

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 29, 2026 HALL 86 – 68 XAV
Feb 23, 2025 XAV 73 – 66 HALL
Dec 31, 2024 XAV 94 – 72 HALL
Feb 15, 2024 HALL 88 – 70 XAV
Dec 23, 2023 XAV 74 – 54 HALL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV HALL
Overall 15-18 21-12
Conference 6-14 10-10
Home 12-6 12-5
Away 1-10 6-6
Neutral 2-2 3-1
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.4 70.3
Avg Pts Against 80.6 65.3
Massey 5.7 (#98) 10.5 (#57)
Bradley-Terry 1.02 (#91) 1.79 (#54)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.53 (#83) 2.36 (#53)
RPI 0.515 (#139) 0.561 (#65)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV HALL
FG% 44.5% 43.7%
3PT% 36.5% 31.1%
REB / G 34.8 35.7
OREB / G 10.0 12.4
AST / TO 1.75 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 47.9%
TOV% 13.9% 17.1%
ORB% 26.4% 35.6%
FT Rate 20.0% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.5% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 22.2%
DRB% 71.4% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 30.4%

Game Analysis

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