Come on down and meet your maker. Come on down and take a stand. "The Stand" - The Alarm
Big East Conference · Madison Square Garden · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -12.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money SJU -1000 / CREI +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +29 133 Won
Massey SJU -12.9 (+16.1)
Massey Totals 155.1 (-22.1)
Bradley-Terry 89%
Weighted B-T 93%
Efficiency Plus ML SJU -12.8 (+16.2) 153.5 (-20.5) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -11.9 (+17.1) 150.6 (-17.6) 87%
Baseline ML SJU -12.3 (+16.7) 152.4 (-19.4) 87%
Baseline Plus ML SJU -13.0 (+16.0) 152.7 (-19.7) 88%

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 10, 2026 SJU 9073 CREI
Mar 15, 2025 SJU 8266 CREI
Feb 16, 2025 SJU 7973 CREI
Dec 31, 2024 CREI 5756 SJU
Feb 25, 2024 SJU 8066 CREI

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU CREI
Overall 30-7 16-18
Conference 18-2 9-11
Home 18-2 10-6
Away 9-1 4-8
Neutral 3-4 2-4
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.9 75.2
Avg Pts Against 69.6 75.2
Massey 18.4 (#22) 8.5 (#74)
Bradley-Terry 3.02 (#21) 1.44 (#71)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.83 (#22) 1.88 (#69)
RPI 0.625 (#21) 0.543 (#85)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU CREI
FG% 45.9% 45.8%
3PT% 34.5% 35.1%
REB / G 38.8 35.2
OREB / G 13.5 9.6
AST / TO 1.48 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 54.4%
TOV% 14.9% 16.4%
ORB% 36.8% 28.3%
FT Rate 31.7% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 13.8%
DRB% 68.7% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 16.9%

Game Analysis

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