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St. John's Red Storm
79 – 71 OT
FINAL Conference
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden · January 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money SJU -300 / XAV +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +8 150 Won
Massey SJU -8.0 (+0.0) — —
Massey Totals — 149.3 (+0.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 82% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -7.8 (+0.2) 143.0 (+7.0) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -8.3 (-0.3) 142.8 (+7.2) 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -7.6 (+0.4) 142.1 (+7.9) 79% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -7.6 (+0.4) 141.2 (+8.8) 78% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 9, 2026 SJU 87 – 82 XAV
Jan 24, 2026 SJU 88 – 83 XAV
Jan 7, 2025 SJU 82 – 72 XAV
Jan 31, 2024 XAV 88 – 77 SJU
Dec 21, 2023 SJU 81 – 66 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU XAV
Overall 31-5 22-12
Conference 18-2 13-7
Home 19-0 15-2
Away 8-2 5-7
Neutral 4-3 2-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 78.1
Avg Pts Against 65.8 71.6
Massey 16.5 (#22) 11.9 (#48)
Bradley-Terry 2.49 (#31) 1.57 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.86 (#23) 2.21 (#60)
RPI 0.618 (#24) 0.552 (#83)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU XAV
FG% 45.5% 45.6%
3PT% 30.6% 38.1%
REB / G 41.9 34.9
OREB / G 14.9 8.6
AST / TO 1.39 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 52.9%
TOV% 15.6% 16.4%
ORB% 38.3% 26.7%
FT Rate 21.3% 30.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 22.1% 17.3%
DRB% 71.2% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 20.3% 21.2%

Game Analysis

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