I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
DePaul Blue Demons
68 – 71
FINAL Conference
Providence Friars
Big East Conference · Wintrust Arena · February 22, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread DEP -2.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money DEP -155 / PROV +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEP win
Actual PROV +3 139 Lost
Massey PROV -0.3 (-2.7) — —
Massey Totals — 164.9 (-25.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DEP -1.6 (-4.6) 153.3 (-14.3) 59% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DEP -0.8 (-3.8) 153.0 (-14.0) 60% ✗
Baseline Plus ML DEP -1.4 (-4.4) 157.6 (-18.6) 58% ✗
Baseline ML DEP -1.5 (-4.5) 154.1 (-15.1) 55% ✗

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 7, 2026 PROV 90 – 72 DEP
Mar 5, 2025 DEP 80 – 77 PROV
Dec 11, 2024 PROV 70 – 63 DEP
Feb 18, 2024 PROV 81 – 70 DEP
Jan 18, 2024 PROV 100 – 62 DEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DEP PROV
Overall 16-16 15-18
Conference 8-12 7-13
Home 11-7 10-6
Away 4-7 3-9
Neutral 1-2 2-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 85.3
Avg Pts Against 69.6 84.0
Massey 5.3 (#100) 8.6 (#71)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#91) 0.79 (#98)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.31 (#90) 1.44 (#88)
RPI 0.498 (#188) 0.493 (#201)
Shooting & Four Factors DEP PROV
FG% 44.3% 47.6%
3PT% 33.0% 35.2%
REB / G 33.4 39.3
OREB / G 10.2 11.4
AST / TO 1.26 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 54.8%
TOV% 17.8% 16.3%
ORB% 30.4% 32.7%
FT Rate 25.9% 29.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 13.1%
DRB% 69.5% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 24.2%

Game Analysis

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