They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big East Conference · Carnesecca Arena · December 21, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -6.0 Home covered
O/U 158.5 Under
Money SJU -220 / XAV +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +15 147 Won
Massey SJU -4.3 (+10.7) — —
Massey Totals — 150.9 (-3.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -4.8 (+10.2) 150.0 (-3.0) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -4.9 (+10.1) 146.7 (+0.3) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -4.7 (+10.3) 147.2 (-0.2) 72% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -5.4 (+9.6) 147.2 (-0.2) 74% ✓

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 9, 2026 SJU 87 – 82 XAV
Jan 24, 2026 SJU 88 – 83 XAV
Jan 23, 2025 SJU 79 – 71 XAV
Jan 7, 2025 SJU 82 – 72 XAV
Jan 31, 2024 XAV 88 – 77 SJU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU XAV
Overall 20-13 16-18
Conference 11-9 9-11
Home 11-4 11-7
Away 6-7 3-9
Neutral 3-2 2-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.8 75.9
Avg Pts Against 71.9 74.6
Massey 8.8 (#53) 9.1 (#52)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#95) 0.54 (#136)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.27 (#103) 1.36 (#95)
RPI 0.555 (#94) 0.557 (#91)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU XAV
FG% 44.6% 45.6%
3PT% 35.5% 33.6%
REB / G 42.1 39.5
OREB / G 17.6 10.8
AST / TO 1.36 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 51.0%
TOV% 18.1% 17.5%
ORB% 44.2% 30.3%
FT Rate 16.2% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 16.6%
DRB% 68.4% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 27.3% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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