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Xavier Musketeers
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FINAL Conference
Creighton Bluejays
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · February 10, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -1.5 Away covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money XAV -111 / CREI -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual CREI +7 149 Lost
Massey CREI -1.0 (-6.0)
Massey Totals 152.7 (-3.7)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 58%
Efficiency Plus ML XAV -1.5 (-8.5) 151.2 (-2.2) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML XAV -0.7 (-7.7) 150.9 (-1.9) 56%
Baseline ML XAV -0.2 (-7.2) 152.2 (-3.2) 53%
Baseline Plus ML XAV -1.8 (-8.8) 153.1 (-4.1) 57%

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 22, 2026 CREI 9493 XAV
Dec 17, 2025 CREI 9857 XAV
Mar 1, 2025 XAV 8361 CREI
Jan 30, 2025 CREI 8677 XAV
Jan 24, 2024 CREI 8578 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV CREI
Overall 16-18 25-10
Conference 9-11 14-6
Home 11-7 14-2
Away 3-9 8-4
Neutral 2-2 3-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.9 80.4
Avg Pts Against 74.6 69.9
Massey 11.2 (#45) 15.6 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.40 (#72) 1.95 (#41)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.28 (#51) 2.64 (#31)
RPI 0.567 (#72) 0.590 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV CREI
FG% 43.5% 48.4%
3PT% 34.3% 36.2%
REB / G 39.7 39.1
OREB / G 12.5 8.6
AST / TO 1.43 1.54
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 57.1%
TOV% 16.3% 15.4%
ORB% 33.6% 26.4%
FT Rate 24.1% 19.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 10.8%
DRB% 70.3% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 12.2%

Game Analysis

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