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Xavier Musketeers
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FINAL Neutral Conference Big East
Marquette Golden Eagles
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · March 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MARQ -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money XAV +125 / MARQ -145
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual MARQ +2 176 Lost
Massey MARQ -3.5 (+1.5)
Massey Totals 147.1 (+28.9)
Bradley-Terry 37%
Weighted B-T 33%
Efficiency Plus ML MARQ -1.6 (-0.4) 145.9 (+30.1) 39%
Baseline Tuned ML MARQ -0.2 (-1.8) 145.5 (+30.5) 49%
Baseline ML MARQ -0.4 (-1.6) 143.9 (+32.1) 55%
Baseline Plus ML MARQ -0.6 (-1.4) 145.0 (+31.0) 50%

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 11, 2026 XAV 8987 MARQ
Feb 14, 2026 XAV 9688 MARQ
Jan 8, 2026 MARQ 6665 XAV
Jan 18, 2025 XAV 5957 MARQ
Dec 21, 2024 MARQ 7270 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings XAV MARQ
Overall 22-12 23-11
Conference 13-7 13-7
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 5-7 7-6
Neutral 2-3 2-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.1 76.6
Avg Pts Against 71.6 68.7
Massey 12.9 (#41) 16.4 (#24)
Bradley-Terry 1.89 (#51) 2.41 (#38)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.53 (#49) 3.22 (#32)
RPI 0.564 (#59) 0.599 (#26)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV MARQ
FG% 46.5% 44.6%
3PT% 38.5% 32.5%
REB / G 33.6 34.3
OREB / G 8.1 11.3
AST / TO 1.51 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 52.0%
TOV% 16.1% 13.5%
ORB% 25.4% 31.0%
FT Rate 29.6% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 22.0%
DRB% 74.4% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 20.3% 21.6%

Game Analysis

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