And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big East Conference · Fiserv Forum · December 30, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -4.0 Home covered
O/U 154.0 Under
Money MARQ -195 / CREI +162
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual MARQ +5 139 Won
Massey MARQ -2.7 (+2.3)
Massey Totals 149.3 (-10.3)
Bradley-Terry 94%
Weighted B-T 97%
Efficiency Plus ML MARQ -4.9 (+0.1) 144.4 (-5.4) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -4.3 (+0.7) 146.0 (-7.0) 71%
Baseline ML MARQ -4.0 (+1.0) 146.6 (-7.6) 75%
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -6.0 (-1.0) 146.1 (-7.1) 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

Jan 28, 2026 MARQ 8662 CREI
Dec 21, 2025 CREI 8463 MARQ
Feb 8, 2025 CREI 7767 MARQ
Jan 4, 2025 MARQ 7971 CREI
Mar 2, 2024 CREI 8975 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ CREI
Overall 27-10 25-10
Conference 14-6 14-6
Home 14-2 14-2
Away 7-5 8-4
Neutral 6-3 3-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.1 80.4
Avg Pts Against 69.8 69.9
Massey 15.0 (#13) 16.7 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 3.19 (#12) 1.42 (#72)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.57 (#9) 2.21 (#60)
RPI 0.653 (#10) 0.584 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ CREI
FG% 47.3% 49.8%
3PT% 33.0% 37.5%
REB / G 33.5 40.2
OREB / G 8.7 9.6
AST / TO 1.51 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 59.0%
TOV% 14.9% 15.6%
ORB% 26.0% 30.3%
FT Rate 22.4% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 45.6%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 10.6%
DRB% 70.2% 77.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 9.6%

Game Analysis

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