Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Butler Bulldogs
70 – 66 OT
FINAL Conference
Creighton Bluejays
Big East Conference · Hinkle Fieldhouse · January 16, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -6.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money BTLR +275 / CREI -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total BTLR win
Actual BTLR +4 136 Won
Massey CREI -13.9 (+17.9) — —
Massey Totals — 140.3 (-4.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 6% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -11.7 (+15.7) 138.3 (-2.3) 16% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -10.1 (+14.1) 137.5 (-1.5) 22% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CREI -11.0 (+15.0) 140.0 (-4.0) 19% ✗
Baseline ML CREI -11.9 (+15.9) 139.6 (-3.6) 18% ✗

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 4, 2026 CREI 76 – 59 BTLR
Dec 31, 2025 CREI 89 – 85 BTLR
Mar 8, 2025 CREI 87 – 74 BTLR
Jan 11, 2025 CREI 80 – 76 BTLR
Feb 17, 2024 CREI 79 – 57 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BTLR CREI
Overall 10-15 22-9
Conference 8-12 14-6
Home 8-4 11-3
Away 1-9 7-4
Neutral 1-2 4-2
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 63.5 76.0
Avg Pts Against 68.7 68.2
Massey -0.4 (#165) 16.4 (#13)
Bradley-Terry -0.02 (#177) 3.19 (#15)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.42 (#148) 4.27 (#19)
RPI 0.465 (#215) 0.619 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors BTLR CREI
FG% 42.4% 49.6%
3PT% 34.7% 38.8%
REB / G 32.1 37.3
OREB / G 8.3 8.4
AST / TO 1.03 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 58.3%
TOV% 17.8% 15.5%
ORB% 24.5% 24.9%
FT Rate 18.9% 16.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.0% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 18.6%
DRB% 78.5% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 16.9%

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