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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%
Efficiency Plus ML MARQ -2.4 (-4.4) 147.3 (+28.7) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -2.1 (-4.1) 145.6 (+30.4) 61%
Baseline ML MARQ -2.1 (-4.1) 147.7 (+28.3) 58%
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -2.6 (-4.6) 148.0 (+28.0) 59%

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 9688 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 6665 XAV
Mar 13, 2025 MARQ 8987 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 5957 MARQ
Dec 21, 2024 MARQ 7270 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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