The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Creighton Bluejays
85 – 66
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · CHI Health Center Omaha · February 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -2.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money CREI +115 / CONN -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total CREI win
Actual CREI +19 151 Won
Massey CONN -0.5 (+19.5) — —
Massey Totals — 148.5 (+2.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 32% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -1.0 (+18.0) 148.5 (+2.5) 53% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -1.2 (+17.8) 148.4 (+2.6) 56% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CREI -2.8 (+16.2) 148.9 (+2.1) 59% ✓
Baseline ML CREI -1.8 (+17.2) 149.1 (+1.9) 62% ✓

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 19, 2026 CREI 91 – 84 CONN
Feb 1, 2026 CONN 85 – 58 CREI
Mar 15, 2025 CREI 71 – 62 CONN
Feb 12, 2025 CONN 70 – 66 CREI
Jan 18, 2025 CREI 68 – 63 CONN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CREI CONN
Overall 25-10 37-3
Conference 14-6 18-2
Home 14-2 17-0
Away 8-4 8-3
Neutral 3-4 12-0
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 W13
Avg Pts For 80.4 81.4
Avg Pts Against 69.9 63.4
Massey 16.6 (#13) 20.5 (#5)
Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#26) 3.74 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.03 (#20) 4.48 (#1)
RPI 0.601 (#28) 0.634 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors CREI CONN
FG% 48.9% 49.9%
3PT% 36.1% 36.7%
REB / G 38.7 38.4
OREB / G 8.3 11.8
AST / TO 1.63 1.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.6% 57.5%
TOV% 15.2% 15.4%
ORB% 25.9% 37.5%
FT Rate 19.1% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.9% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 11.2% 17.1%
DRB% 75.7% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 12.3% 24.4%

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