Don't you understand that's not my problem? "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
St. John's Red Storm
76 – 63
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Butler Bulldogs
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 8, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money SJU -267 / BTLR +215
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +13 139 Won
Massey SJU -2.0 (+11.0) — —
Massey Totals — 141.1 (-2.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 57% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 64% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -2.1 (+10.9) 143.1 (-4.1) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -3.5 (+9.5) 140.7 (-1.7) 66% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -1.6 (+11.4) 141.0 (-2.0) 59% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -2.2 (+10.8) 140.9 (-1.9) 58% ✓

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 29, 2026 SJU 92 – 70 BTLR
Jan 7, 2026 SJU 84 – 70 BTLR
Mar 13, 2025 SJU 78 – 57 BTLR
Feb 27, 2025 SJU 76 – 70 BTLR
Jan 4, 2025 SJU 70 – 62 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU BTLR
Overall 18-15 14-18
Conference 7-13 6-14
Home 11-6 10-6
Away 3-8 3-9
Neutral 4-1 1-3
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 77.3 65.2
Avg Pts Against 75.2 67.9
Massey 5.8 (#93) 3.8 (#112)
Bradley-Terry 1.01 (#89) 0.74 (#109)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.44 (#82) 0.88 (#109)
RPI 0.503 (#170) 0.504 (#169)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU BTLR
FG% 45.5% 43.8%
3PT% 33.2% 33.0%
REB / G 39.4 30.0
OREB / G 12.7 6.4
AST / TO 1.13 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 49.7%
TOV% 18.4% 17.6%
ORB% 33.2% 19.9%
FT Rate 19.2% 19.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.6% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 18.6%
DRB% 72.1% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 16.0%

Game Analysis

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