Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Saint Joseph's Hawks
63 – 88
FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena · February 22, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money JOES +188 / VCU -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total JOES win
Actual VCU +25 151 Lost
Massey VCU -4.0 (-21.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.0 (+13.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 26% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VCU -3.8 (-21.2) 139.1 (+11.9) 36% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VCU -3.2 (-21.8) 137.1 (+13.9) 33% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VCU -3.5 (-21.5) 138.3 (+12.7) 33% ✓
Baseline ML VCU -4.2 (-20.8) 139.8 (+11.2) 34% ✓

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 14, 2026 VCU 77 – 64 JOES
Jan 19, 2026 VCU 79 – 72 JOES
Jan 18, 2025 VCU 78 – 69 JOES
Mar 16, 2024 VCU 66 – 60 JOES
Feb 25, 2024 VCU 73 – 69 JOES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JOES VCU
Overall 16-17 27-8
Conference 8-10 15-3
Home 10-6 15-3
Away 4-7 8-3
Neutral 2-4 4-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 70.9
Avg Pts Against 72.4 62.9
Massey -0.8 (#190) 6.8 (#83)
Bradley-Terry -0.29 (#202) 1.41 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.35 (#203) 1.50 (#77)
RPI 0.490 (#195) 0.585 (#37)
Shooting & Four Factors JOES VCU
FG% 42.8% 45.5%
3PT% 33.5% 32.8%
REB / G 35.2 32.8
OREB / G 10.6 9.3
AST / TO 0.93 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 51.0%
TOV% 18.5% 20.8%
ORB% 29.3% 28.8%
FT Rate 23.2% 30.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 25.1%
DRB% 69.8% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 21.6%

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