And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Marquette Golden Eagles
65 – 51
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 11, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -2.0 Home covered
O/U 154.0 Under
Money MARQ -130 / XAV +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total MARQ win
Actual MARQ +14 116 Won
Massey MARQ -0.9 (+13.1) — —
Massey Totals — 162.7 (-46.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 55% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -0.5 (+13.5) 155.8 (-39.8) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MARQ -0.3 (+13.7) 154.6 (-38.6) 49% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -0.6 (+13.4) 157.3 (-41.3) 51% ✓
Baseline ML MARQ -0.4 (+13.6) 153.8 (-37.8) 55% ✓

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 11, 2026 XAV 89 – 87 MARQ
Feb 14, 2026 XAV 96 – 88 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 66 – 65 XAV
Mar 13, 2025 MARQ 89 – 87 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 59 – 57 MARQ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MARQ XAV
Overall 29-7 27-10
Conference 17-3 15-5
Home 16-1 15-2
Away 8-4 7-4
Neutral 5-2 5-4
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.3 80.9
Avg Pts Against 70.3 74.1
Massey 14.2 (#14) 13.3 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#8) 2.44 (#18)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.64 (#7) 3.45 (#10)
RPI 0.599 (#21) 0.605 (#16)
Shooting & Four Factors MARQ XAV
FG% 49.1% 50.0%
3PT% 35.1% 40.0%
REB / G 31.7 37.2
OREB / G 8.9 10.3
AST / TO 1.63 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 56.3%
TOV% 15.5% 17.5%
ORB% 26.7% 31.4%
FT Rate 19.4% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 16.7%
DRB% 67.8% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 19.5%

Game Analysis

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