Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Marquette Golden Eagles
87 – 89
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 11, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -4.5 Away covered
O/U 157.5 Over
Money MARQ -180 / XAV +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual XAV +2 176 Lost
Massey MARQ -1.2 (-3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 157.6 (+18.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 42% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -1.9 (-3.9) 150.4 (+25.6) 55% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MARQ -1.8 (-3.8) 149.5 (+26.5) 59% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -1.5 (-3.5) 148.1 (+27.9) 56% ✗
Baseline ML MARQ -2.0 (-4.0) 149.2 (+26.8) 56% ✗

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 14, 2026 XAV 96 – 88 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 66 – 65 XAV
Mar 13, 2025 MARQ 89 – 87 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 59 – 57 MARQ
Dec 21, 2024 MARQ 72 – 70 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ XAV
Overall 12-20 15-18
Conference 7-13 6-14
Home 10-7 12-6
Away 2-10 1-10
Neutral 0-3 2-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.2 78.4
Avg Pts Against 75.8 80.6
Massey 6.7 (#88) 5.5 (#100)
Bradley-Terry 0.65 (#110) 0.97 (#90)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.09 (#99) 1.46 (#84)
RPI 0.487 (#213) 0.505 (#167)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ XAV
FG% 43.9% 44.3%
3PT% 31.9% 36.7%
REB / G 34.1 34.5
OREB / G 11.0 10.0
AST / TO 1.34 1.77
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 51.8%
TOV% 16.2% 13.9%
ORB% 29.6% 26.5%
FT Rate 22.2% 19.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 53.9%
Opp TOV% 19.5% 15.6%
DRB% 64.9% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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