And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Big East Conference · Fiserv Forum · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -10.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money MARQ -600 / CREI +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual MARQ +8 150 Won
Massey MARQ -13.4 (-5.4) — —
Massey Totals — 147.3 (+2.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -12.8 (-4.8) 143.4 (+6.6) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MARQ -12.1 (-4.1) 150.0 (-0.0) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -11.9 (-3.9) 145.6 (+4.4) 87% ✓
Baseline ML MARQ -12.0 (-4.0) 144.7 (+5.3) 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

Jan 28, 2026 MARQ 86 – 62 CREI
Dec 21, 2025 CREI 84 – 63 MARQ
Feb 8, 2025 CREI 77 – 67 MARQ
Mar 2, 2024 CREI 89 – 75 MARQ
Dec 30, 2023 MARQ 72 – 67 CREI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ CREI
Overall 23-11 25-11
Conference 13-7 15-5
Home 14-3 15-2
Away 7-6 6-6
Neutral 2-2 4-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.6 75.5
Avg Pts Against 68.7 70.0
Massey 18.4 (#13) 9.2 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 3.74 (#8) 1.72 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.10 (#7) 2.10 (#70)
RPI 0.673 (#4) 0.598 (#42)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ CREI
FG% 46.6% 46.7%
3PT% 32.5% 35.1%
REB / G 34.1 38.2
OREB / G 11.1 8.2
AST / TO 1.69 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 55.7%
TOV% 12.9% 19.7%
ORB% 31.5% 25.7%
FT Rate 19.2% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 23.7% 12.3%
DRB% 70.5% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 12.6%

Game Analysis

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