The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Creighton Bluejays
87 – 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Villanova Wildcats
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 10, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -4.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Over
Money CREI -210 / VILL +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total CREI win
Actual CREI +13 161 Won
Massey CREI -6.6 (+6.4) — —
Massey Totals — 134.6 (+26.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 68% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CREI -4.7 (+8.3) 138.6 (+22.4) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -4.1 (+8.9) 136.5 (+24.5) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -5.2 (+7.8) 137.7 (+23.3) 68% ✓
Baseline ML CREI -5.0 (+8.0) 139.7 (+21.3) 69% ✓

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 14, 2026 VILL 80 – 69 CREI
Jan 8, 2026 CREI 76 – 72 VILL
Feb 1, 2025 CREI 62 – 60 VILL
Dec 21, 2024 CREI 86 – 79 VILL
Mar 9, 2024 CREI 69 – 67 VILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CREI VILL
Overall 24-13 17-17
Conference 14-6 10-10
Home 13-2 10-4
Away 5-6 5-9
Neutral 6-5 2-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 76.4 69.6
Avg Pts Against 68.4 67.7
Massey 15.2 (#12) 8.6 (#70)
Bradley-Terry 1.91 (#39) 1.17 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.66 (#30) 1.55 (#78)
RPI 0.576 (#50) 0.531 (#119)
Shooting & Four Factors CREI VILL
FG% 46.9% 43.9%
3PT% 35.8% 33.7%
REB / G 37.5 31.6
OREB / G 8.6 7.2
AST / TO 1.35 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 51.9%
TOV% 16.7% 15.8%
ORB% 26.0% 22.9%
FT Rate 21.2% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 17.4%
DRB% 77.0% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 14.5% 21.1%

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