Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Big East Conference · Wintrust Arena · February 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -9.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money DEP +380 / SJU -500
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEP win
Actual SJU +12 124 Lost
Massey SJU -10.6 (-1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 147.2 (-23.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SJU -8.2 (-3.8) 145.3 (-21.3) 21% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SJU -8.9 (-3.1) 144.7 (-20.7) 17% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -8.3 (-3.7) 142.2 (-18.2) 21% ✓
Baseline ML SJU -8.0 (-4.0) 143.7 (-19.7) 23% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 17, 2025 SJU 79 – 66 DEP
Feb 20, 2025 SJU 82 – 58 DEP
Dec 17, 2024 SJU 89 – 61 DEP
Mar 6, 2024 SJU 104 – 77 DEP
Feb 6, 2024 SJU 85 – 57 DEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DEP SJU
Overall 16-16 30-7
Conference 8-12 18-2
Home 11-7 18-2
Away 4-7 9-1
Neutral 1-2 3-4
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.2 80.9
Avg Pts Against 69.6 69.6
Massey 5.1 (#104) 18.7 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 0.79 (#96) 2.62 (#32)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.16 (#92) 3.45 (#31)
RPI 0.504 (#169) 0.615 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors DEP SJU
FG% 44.5% 46.9%
3PT% 34.2% 35.8%
REB / G 33.5 38.6
OREB / G 9.9 13.9
AST / TO 1.31 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 53.1%
TOV% 17.6% 15.6%
ORB% 29.4% 38.1%
FT Rate 26.4% 31.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 20.1%
DRB% 69.4% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 26.6% 24.1%

Game Analysis

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