I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Xavier Musketeers
83 – 73
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · December 31, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money XAV +120 / CONN -154
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual XAV +10 156 Won
Massey CONN -4.8 (+14.8) — —
Massey Totals — 156.0 (+0.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CONN -3.7 (+13.7) 153.9 (+2.1) 41% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -2.2 (+12.2) 149.9 (+6.1) 50% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -4.3 (+14.3) 153.7 (+2.3) 29% ✗
Baseline ML CONN -2.9 (+12.9) 153.2 (+2.8) 41% ✗

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 93 – 68 XAV
Feb 4, 2026 CONN 92 – 60 XAV
Dec 31, 2025 CONN 90 – 67 XAV
Jan 26, 2025 XAV 76 – 72 CONN
Dec 19, 2024 CONN 94 – 89 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV CONN
Overall 27-10 31-8
Conference 15-5 13-7
Home 15-2 15-2
Away 7-4 6-5
Neutral 5-4 10-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 W6
Avg Pts For 80.9 78.6
Avg Pts Against 74.1 64.1
Massey 12.2 (#25) 21.7 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 2.29 (#27) 4.91 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.19 (#25) 6.91 (#1)
RPI 0.601 (#38) 0.653 (#5)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV CONN
FG% 50.6% 48.0%
3PT% 40.8% 36.7%
REB / G 38.1 39.1
OREB / G 10.1 11.7
AST / TO 1.49 1.51
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.9% 56.1%
TOV% 19.0% 17.6%
ORB% 31.4% 34.8%
FT Rate 24.4% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 41.9%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 22.9%
DRB% 74.8% 77.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 28.1%

Game Analysis

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