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St. John's Red Storm
89 – 75
FINAL Conference
UConn Huskies
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden · February 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money SJU -170 / CONN +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +14 164 Won
Massey SJU -6.4 (+7.6) — —
Massey Totals — 144.0 (+20.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -6.8 (+7.2) 139.3 (+24.7) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -7.1 (+6.9) 139.4 (+24.6) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -7.1 (+6.9) 140.3 (+23.7) 77% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -6.6 (+7.4) 139.8 (+24.2) 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

Mar 14, 2026 SJU 72 – 52 CONN
Feb 26, 2026 CONN 72 – 40 SJU
Feb 7, 2026 SJU 81 – 72 CONN
Feb 8, 2025 SJU 68 – 62 CONN
Mar 15, 2024 CONN 95 – 90 SJU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU CONN
Overall 31-5 24-11
Conference 18-2 14-6
Home 19-0 14-2
Away 8-2 7-4
Neutral 4-3 3-5
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 77.0
Avg Pts Against 65.8 68.0
Massey 17.8 (#18) 14.5 (#32)
Bradley-Terry 2.84 (#20) 1.95 (#48)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.20 (#8) 2.95 (#35)
RPI 0.625 (#14) 0.558 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU CONN
FG% 44.7% 48.0%
3PT% 29.8% 35.3%
REB / G 41.1 35.3
OREB / G 14.7 10.7
AST / TO 1.42 1.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 55.7%
TOV% 15.5% 16.8%
ORB% 37.6% 34.0%
FT Rate 20.5% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.5% 47.9%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 16.2%
DRB% 71.6% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 29.8%

Game Analysis

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