I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Creighton Bluejays
82 69
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · April 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -4.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money CREI -218 / RUTG +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total CREI win
Actual CREI +13 151 Won
Massey CREI -5.4 (+7.6)
Massey Totals 146.6 (+4.4)
Bradley-Terry 60%
Weighted B-T 70%
Efficiency Plus ML CREI -6.3 (+6.7) 146.4 (+4.6) 66%
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -5.7 (+7.3) 143.6 (+7.4) 69%
Baseline ML CREI -5.0 (+8.0) 146.0 (+5.0) 76%
Baseline Plus ML CREI -3.4 (+9.6) 146.8 (+4.2) 73%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CREI RUTG
Overall 16-18 14-20
Conference 9-11 6-14
Home 10-6 10-7
Away 4-8 2-9
Neutral 2-4 2-4
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 70.5
Avg Pts Against 75.2 75.3
Massey 8.1 (#76) 2.7 (#127)
Bradley-Terry 1.24 (#77) 0.83 (#102)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.77 (#71) 0.94 (#108)
RPI 0.518 (#123) 0.498 (#182)
Shooting & Four Factors CREI RUTG
FG% 44.8% 41.8%
3PT% 34.5% 32.8%
REB / G 35.2 32.7
OREB / G 9.5 10.7
AST / TO 1.36 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 47.5%
TOV% 16.5% 15.1%
ORB% 27.5% 29.8%
FT Rate 20.9% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.1% 53.0%
Opp TOV% 14.0% 17.1%
DRB% 70.3% 66.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.3% 23.6%

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