I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML SJU -7.8 (+0.2) 143.0 (+7.0) 80%

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 8782 XAV
Jan 24, 2026 SJU 8883 XAV
Jan 7, 2025 SJU 8272 XAV
Jan 31, 2024 XAV 8877 SJU
Dec 21, 2023 SJU 8166 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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