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St. John's Red Storm
70 – 62
FINAL Conference
Butler Bulldogs
Big East Conference · Carnesecca Arena · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money SJU -800 / BTLR +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +8 132 Won
Massey SJU -11.1 (-3.1) — —
Massey Totals — 148.5 (-16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -11.0 (-3.0) 146.1 (-14.1) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -10.8 (-2.8) 146.4 (-14.4) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -11.5 (-3.5) 146.1 (-14.1) 85% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -10.7 (-2.7) 147.4 (-15.4) 81% ✓

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
Feb 29, 2024 SJU 82 – 59 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU BTLR
Overall 31-5 15-20
Conference 18-2 6-14
Home 19-0 9-8
Away 8-2 2-9
Neutral 4-3 4-3
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 74.7
Avg Pts Against 65.8 74.9
Massey 14.8 (#27) 7.8 (#73)
Bradley-Terry 2.19 (#50) 0.70 (#116)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.51 (#29) 1.73 (#77)
RPI 0.615 (#30) 0.536 (#103)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU BTLR
FG% 47.5% 44.7%
3PT% 32.9% 38.4%
REB / G 41.0 35.4
OREB / G 14.6 8.6
AST / TO 1.42 1.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.5% 52.9%
TOV% 15.9% 17.8%
ORB% 38.4% 28.1%
FT Rate 20.0% 36.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 11.4%
DRB% 71.2% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 18.9%

Game Analysis

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