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
UConn Huskies
94 89 OT
FINAL Conference
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · PeoplesBank Arena · December 19, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -13.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money CONN -1000 / XAV +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +5 183 Won
Massey CONN -13.0 (-8.0)
Massey Totals 149.4 (+33.6)
Bradley-Terry 86%
Weighted B-T 94%
Efficiency Plus ML CONN -12.6 (-7.6) 143.6 (+39.4) 87%
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -12.1 (-7.1) 146.7 (+36.3) 86%
Baseline ML CONN -10.4 (-5.4) 146.9 (+36.1) 86%
Baseline Plus ML CONN -12.3 (-7.3) 146.9 (+36.1) 87%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 12, 2026 CONN 9368 XAV
Feb 4, 2026 CONN 9260 XAV
Dec 31, 2025 CONN 9067 XAV
Jan 26, 2025 XAV 7672 CONN
Mar 14, 2024 CONN 8760 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN XAV
Overall 24-11 22-12
Conference 14-6 13-7
Home 14-2 15-2
Away 7-4 5-7
Neutral 3-5 2-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 78.1
Avg Pts Against 68.0 71.6
Massey 17.8 (#13) 9.0 (#66)
Bradley-Terry 2.32 (#35) 1.30 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#23) 1.93 (#72)
RPI 0.563 (#80) 0.539 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN XAV
FG% 50.0% 46.7%
3PT% 35.4% 39.4%
REB / G 37.3 37.2
OREB / G 11.1 9.5
AST / TO 1.95 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.3% 54.3%
TOV% 15.2% 16.5%
ORB% 35.2% 29.5%
FT Rate 26.1% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 47.6%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 18.0%
DRB% 75.2% 76.6%
Opp FT Rate 30.3% 22.0%

Game Analysis

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