They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big East Conference · Hinkle Fieldhouse · February 28, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -8.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money BTLR +310 / MARQ -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total BTLR win
Actual MARQ +16 128 Lost
Massey MARQ -6.7 (-9.3) — —
Massey Totals — 142.1 (-14.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 14% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -5.0 (-11.0) 141.5 (-13.5) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MARQ -6.3 (-9.7) 141.2 (-13.2) 23% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -5.3 (-10.7) 142.0 (-14.0) 29% ✓
Baseline ML MARQ -5.1 (-10.9) 140.3 (-12.3) 28% ✓

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 7, 2026 MARQ 70 – 55 BTLR
Jan 24, 2026 BTLR 87 – 76 MARQ
Jan 29, 2025 MARQ 78 – 69 BTLR
Dec 19, 2024 MARQ 80 – 70 BTLR
Feb 13, 2024 MARQ 78 – 72 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BTLR MARQ
Overall 14-18 29-7
Conference 6-14 17-3
Home 10-6 16-1
Away 3-9 8-4
Neutral 1-3 5-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 65.2 79.3
Avg Pts Against 67.9 70.3
Massey 4.0 (#106) 14.3 (#15)
Bradley-Terry 0.79 (#108) 2.67 (#10)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.92 (#105) 3.47 (#8)
RPI 0.513 (#156) 0.595 (#29)
Shooting & Four Factors BTLR MARQ
FG% 43.9% 49.3%
3PT% 33.5% 35.4%
REB / G 30.6 31.7
OREB / G 6.4 9.0
AST / TO 1.06 1.64
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 56.6%
TOV% 17.6% 15.2%
ORB% 19.9% 26.8%
FT Rate 19.4% 19.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 22.9%
DRB% 70.7% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 15.6% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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