The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Providence Friars
62 – 70
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
DePaul Blue Demons
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 11, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread PROV -6.5 Away covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money PROV -275 / DEP +275
Model Predictions
Spread Total PROV win
Actual DEP +8 132 Lost
Massey PROV -6.6 (-14.6) — —
Massey Totals — 134.2 (-2.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PROV -6.3 (-14.3) 134.6 (-2.6) 75% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PROV -4.3 (-12.3) 134.9 (-2.9) 68% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PROV -6.5 (-14.5) 136.4 (-4.4) 73% ✗
Baseline ML PROV -6.1 (-14.1) 134.4 (-2.4) 74% ✗

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 22, 2026 PROV 71 – 68 DEP
Feb 7, 2026 PROV 90 – 72 DEP
Mar 5, 2025 DEP 80 – 77 PROV
Dec 11, 2024 PROV 70 – 63 DEP
Feb 18, 2024 PROV 81 – 70 DEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PROV DEP
Overall 13-13 5-14
Conference 9-10 2-13
Home 8-3 2-8
Away 4-7 2-5
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.8 65.8
Avg Pts Against 69.7 71.9
Massey 7.9 (#73) 1.3 (#144)
Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#65) -0.15 (#186)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.01 (#61) 0.13 (#169)
RPI 0.533 (#104) 0.426 (#296)
Shooting & Four Factors PROV DEP
FG% 43.3% 41.7%
3PT% 32.2% 31.7%
REB / G 35.7 37.6
OREB / G 10.5 12.1
AST / TO 1.17 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.6% 46.3%
TOV% 16.9% 22.2%
ORB% 29.2% 31.9%
FT Rate 21.9% 14.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 20.5%
DRB% 70.3% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.8% 25.5%

Game Analysis

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