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
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -4.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money XAV +160 / MARQ -195
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual MARQ +2 142 Lost
Massey MARQ -4.0 (+2.0)
Massey Totals 154.4 (-12.4)
Bradley-Terry 19%
Weighted B-T 9%
Efficiency Plus ML MARQ -1.9 (-0.1) 145.9 (-3.9) 35%
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -1.0 (-1.0) 150.8 (-8.8) 39%
Baseline ML MARQ -1.1 (-0.9) 150.7 (-8.7) 44%
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -1.5 (-0.5) 151.5 (-9.5) 36%

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 11, 2026 XAV 8987 MARQ
Feb 14, 2026 XAV 9688 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 6665 XAV
Mar 13, 2025 MARQ 8987 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 5957 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV MARQ
Overall 22-12 23-11
Conference 13-7 13-7
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 5-7 7-6
Neutral 2-3 2-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.1 76.6
Avg Pts Against 71.6 68.7
Massey 9.6 (#61) 17.7 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 1.17 (#85) 3.43 (#9)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.87 (#78) 5.09 (#8)
RPI 0.532 (#119) 0.666 (#10)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV MARQ
FG% 47.0% 46.6%
3PT% 40.7% 32.5%
REB / G 36.3 34.2
OREB / G 9.3 11.3
AST / TO 1.53 1.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 54.1%
TOV% 16.3% 13.1%
ORB% 29.2% 31.9%
FT Rate 28.1% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 23.2%
DRB% 75.2% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 20.5%

Game Analysis

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