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St. John's Red Storm
78 – 57
FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Butler Bulldogs
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -11.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money SJU -800 / BTLR +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +21 135 Won
Massey SJU -9.8 (+11.2) — —
Massey Totals — 148.0 (-13.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -9.3 (+11.7) 147.8 (-12.8) 82% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -8.3 (+12.7) 147.5 (-12.5) 82% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -10.0 (+11.0) 146.6 (-11.6) 82% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -9.8 (+11.2) 147.6 (-12.6) 82% ✓

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 29, 2026 SJU 92 – 70 BTLR
Jan 7, 2026 SJU 84 – 70 BTLR
Feb 27, 2025 SJU 76 – 70 BTLR
Jan 4, 2025 SJU 70 – 62 BTLR
Feb 29, 2024 SJU 82 – 59 BTLR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU BTLR
Overall 31-5 15-20
Conference 18-2 6-14
Home 19-0 9-8
Away 8-2 2-9
Neutral 4-3 4-3
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 74.7
Avg Pts Against 65.8 74.9
Massey 17.7 (#17) 7.9 (#72)
Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#11) 0.59 (#124)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.55 (#7) 1.14 (#93)
RPI 0.629 (#9) 0.510 (#160)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU BTLR
FG% 44.9% 45.9%
3PT% 29.9% 36.9%
REB / G 40.8 35.0
OREB / G 14.7 8.6
AST / TO 1.40 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.5% 53.4%
TOV% 15.7% 16.2%
ORB% 38.0% 26.6%
FT Rate 21.5% 28.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 21.9% 11.4%
DRB% 70.6% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 15.8%

Game Analysis

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