What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? "No More Heroes" - The Stranglers
(2) Texas Longhorns
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(3) Xavier Musketeers
T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · March 25, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TEX -4.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money TEX -213 / XAV +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEX win
Actual TEX +12 154 Won
Massey TEX -4.2 (+7.8)
Massey Totals 153.3 (+0.7)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 55%
Baseline Plus ML TEX -2.6 (+9.4) 149.9 (+4.1) 67%
Model 4 ML TEX -3.5 (+8.5) 148.4 (+5.6) 62%
Model 3 ML TEX -3.2 (+8.8) 150.3 (+3.7) 66%
Baseline ML TEX -3.9 (+8.1) 148.1 (+5.9) 67%

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 20, 2025 XAV 8680 TEX

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEX XAV
Overall 29-9 27-10
Conference 12-6 15-5
Home 17-1 15-2
Away 4-6 7-4
Neutral 8-2 5-4
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.0 80.9
Avg Pts Against 67.8 74.1
Massey 17.9 (#6) 13.8 (#16)
Bradley-Terry 3.09 (#7) 2.58 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.74 (#6) 3.54 (#10)
RPI 0.615 (#11) 0.609 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors TEX XAV
FG% 47.1% 49.3%
3PT% 34.1% 38.9%
REB / G 34.6 37.8
OREB / G 9.8 10.3
AST / TO 1.38 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 55.4%
TOV% 16.5% 17.2%
ORB% 28.6% 30.8%
FT Rate 23.1% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 16.3%
DRB% 70.9% 74.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 19.4%

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