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Xavier Musketeers
77 – 69
FINAL Conference
Creighton Bluejays
Big East Conference · Cintas Center · February 27, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -3.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money XAV +170 / CREI -163
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual XAV +8 146 Won
Massey CREI -3.0 (+11.0) — —
Massey Totals — 150.7 (-4.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -1.4 (+9.4) 147.0 (-1.0) 44% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -1.5 (+9.5) 146.7 (-0.7) 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CREI -0.7 (+8.7) 148.3 (-2.3) 52% ✓
Baseline ML CREI -1.1 (+9.1) 146.7 (-0.7) 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

Jan 22, 2026 CREI 94 – 93 XAV
Dec 17, 2025 CREI 98 – 57 XAV
Mar 1, 2025 XAV 83 – 61 CREI
Jan 30, 2025 CREI 86 – 77 XAV
Feb 10, 2024 CREI 78 – 71 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV CREI
Overall 13-8 22-9
Conference 6-7 14-6
Home 11-2 11-3
Away 2-5 7-4
Neutral 0-1 4-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 74.8 76.0
Avg Pts Against 70.2 68.2
Massey 9.8 (#58) 15.2 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 2.01 (#47) 2.54 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.37 (#54) 3.35 (#17)
RPI 0.576 (#49) 0.567 (#61)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV CREI
FG% 46.5% 48.7%
3PT% 33.5% 36.7%
REB / G 38.1 36.0
OREB / G 9.5 8.2
AST / TO 1.58 1.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 56.9%
TOV% 16.1% 16.1%
ORB% 26.7% 24.5%
FT Rate 19.1% 18.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.6%
DRB% 72.4% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 17.0% 18.2%

Game Analysis

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