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FINAL Neutral CBS Sports Classic
St. John's Red Storm
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UK -1.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money UK -115 / SJU -105
Model Predictions
Spread Total UK win
Actual UK +12 144 Won
Massey UK -0.2 (+11.8)
Massey Totals 153.3 (-9.3)
Bradley-Terry 29%
Weighted B-T 23%
Efficiency Plus ML UK -2.6 (+9.4) 153.0 (-9.0) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML UK -2.5 (+9.5) 148.0 (-4.0) 56%
Baseline ML UK -3.9 (+8.1) 151.7 (-7.7) 58%
Baseline Plus ML UK -3.5 (+8.5) 153.3 (-9.3) 62%

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 UK SJU
Overall 22-14 30-7
Conference 10-8 18-2
Home 14-4 18-2
Away 4-6 9-1
Neutral 4-4 3-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 80.9
Avg Pts Against 74.3 69.6
Massey 18.3 (#16) 18.1 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.23 (#93) 2.15 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#70) 3.49 (#37)
RPI 0.528 (#125) 0.633 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors UK SJU
FG% 47.8% 47.8%
3PT% 32.2% 34.8%
REB / G 41.4 39.9
OREB / G 11.8 13.7
AST / TO 1.88 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.6% 54.2%
TOV% 13.7% 17.5%
ORB% 33.2% 37.8%
FT Rate 24.0% 33.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.7% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 20.8%
DRB% 75.1% 65.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 19.9%

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