Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
UConn Huskies
92 – 60
FINAL Conference
Xavier Musketeers
Big East Conference · PeoplesBank Arena · February 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -16.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money CONN -2100 / XAV +1100
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +32 152 Won
Massey CONN -18.5 (+13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 148.2 (+3.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -17.2 (+14.8) 147.4 (+4.6) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -15.1 (+16.9) 145.4 (+6.6) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -16.1 (+15.9) 144.7 (+7.3) 90% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -17.0 (+15.0) 147.2 (+4.8) 89% ✓

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 12, 2026 CONN 93 – 68 XAV
Dec 31, 2025 CONN 90 – 67 XAV
Jan 26, 2025 XAV 76 – 72 CONN
Dec 19, 2024 CONN 94 – 89 XAV
Mar 14, 2024 CONN 87 – 60 XAV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN XAV
Overall 34-6 15-18
Conference 17-3 6-14
Home 15-2 12-6
Away 9-3 1-10
Neutral 10-1 2-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.6 78.4
Avg Pts Against 65.2 80.6
Massey 20.9 (#13) 5.4 (#101)
Bradley-Terry 5.49 (#2) 1.06 (#86)
W. Bradley-Terry 7.31 (#2) 1.61 (#80)
RPI 0.675 (#4) 0.538 (#103)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN XAV
FG% 48.4% 43.9%
3PT% 36.3% 36.3%
REB / G 37.0 34.9
OREB / G 11.7 10.0
AST / TO 1.66 1.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 51.4%
TOV% 16.2% 14.1%
ORB% 35.3% 26.4%
FT Rate 22.3% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.1% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 16.9%
DRB% 70.7% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 29.0% 22.4%

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