I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Saint Joseph's Hawks
69 – 78
FINAL Conference
VCU Rams
Atlantic 10 Conference · Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena · January 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread VCU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money JOES +155 / VCU -185
Model Predictions
Spread Total JOES win
Actual VCU +9 147 Lost
Massey VCU -0.6 (-8.4) — —
Massey Totals — 139.1 (+7.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✓
Baseline Plus ML JOES -1.1 (-10.1) 142.6 (+4.4) 53% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ JOES -0.4 (-9.4) 144.1 (+2.9) 48% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML JOES -0.7 (-9.7) 141.4 (+5.6) 51% ✗
Baseline ML JOES -0.4 (-9.4) 143.3 (+3.7) 50% ✗

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 14, 2026 VCU 77 – 64 JOES
Jan 19, 2026 VCU 79 – 72 JOES
Mar 16, 2024 VCU 66 – 60 JOES
Feb 25, 2024 VCU 73 – 69 JOES
Feb 22, 2023 VCU 88 – 63 JOES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JOES VCU
Overall 22-13 28-7
Conference 11-7 15-3
Home 13-5 15-1
Away 4-6 7-3
Neutral 5-2 6-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 75.1 76.2
Avg Pts Against 68.6 63.0
Massey 5.7 (#88) 10.1 (#57)
Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#124) 1.08 (#86)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#135) 1.88 (#71)
RPI 0.524 (#132) 0.557 (#75)
Shooting & Four Factors JOES VCU
FG% 45.5% 44.3%
3PT% 35.4% 31.6%
REB / G 37.1 37.6
OREB / G 9.8 13.3
AST / TO 1.37 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 51.9%
TOV% 17.2% 17.5%
ORB% 28.6% 36.4%
FT Rate 23.0% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 45.4%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 22.1%
DRB% 72.7% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 25.5%

Game Analysis

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