He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Madison Square Garden · November 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 172.5 Over
Money SJU -195 / ALA +165
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual ALA +7 199 Lost
Massey SJU -23.1 (-30.1)
Massey Totals 168.2 (+30.8)
Bradley-Terry 95%
Weighted B-T 98%
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -11.5 (-18.5) 155.8 (+43.2) 83%
Baseline ML SJU -15.1 (-22.1) 153.3 (+45.7) 83%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SJU ALA
Overall 30-7 25-10
Conference 18-2 13-5
Home 18-2 12-3
Away 9-1 7-3
Neutral 3-4 6-4
Last 5 1-0 1-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.9 91.2
Avg Pts Against 69.6 82.7
Massey 6.5 (#39) 1.4 (#117)
Bradley-Terry 0.44 (#49) 0.08 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.70 (#42) 0.08 (#146)
RPI
Shooting & Four Factors SJU ALA
FG% 56.5% 53.4%
3PT% 42.1% 29.6%
REB / G 45.0 46.0
OREB / G 16.0 11.0
AST / TO 1.79 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 62.3% 60.3%
TOV% 16.8% 20.0%
ORB% 43.2% 36.7%
FT Rate 31.9% 36.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 42.7%
Opp TOV% 26.2% 13.7%
DRB% 67.4% 83.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 14.5%

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