Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Providence Friars
69 – 80
FINAL Conference
Creighton Bluejays
Big East Conference · Amica Mutual Pavilion · February 6, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money PROV +140 / CREI -165
Model Predictions
Spread Total PROV win
Actual CREI +11 149 Lost
Massey CREI -3.7 (-7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 141.8 (+7.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 24% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -3.1 (-7.9) 138.2 (+10.8) 36% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -2.7 (-8.3) 142.5 (+6.5) 37% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CREI -1.9 (-9.1) 137.3 (+11.7) 39% ✓
Baseline ML CREI -2.6 (-8.4) 138.3 (+10.7) 43% ✓

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 28, 2026 PROV 79 – 76 CREI
Jan 16, 2026 PROV 93 – 88 CREI
Jan 15, 2025 CREI 84 – 64 PROV
Mar 14, 2024 PROV 78 – 73 CREI
Feb 8, 2024 PROV 91 – 87 CREI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PROV CREI
Overall 12-20 25-11
Conference 6-14 15-5
Home 10-6 15-2
Away 2-9 6-6
Neutral 0-5 4-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 71.3 75.5
Avg Pts Against 72.5 70.0
Massey 6.7 (#86) 13.6 (#34)
Bradley-Terry 0.70 (#116) 2.41 (#38)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.19 (#90) 2.81 (#43)
RPI 0.533 (#118) 0.608 (#29)
Shooting & Four Factors PROV CREI
FG% 44.0% 47.9%
3PT% 35.0% 34.9%
REB / G 38.5 37.4
OREB / G 11.7 8.0
AST / TO 0.96 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 56.5%
TOV% 19.3% 19.1%
ORB% 34.6% 25.6%
FT Rate 22.9% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 12.4%
DRB% 71.3% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 12.9%

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