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Eastern Michigan at Xavier

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Eastern Michigan1-0 · MAC going in
53–76Final
Xavier1-0 · Big East going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Cintas Center · Cincinnati, OH

The Call How this works

GordStats had Xavier by 16.2✓, the book by 23.5: a lean to Eastern Michigan +23.5✓.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

EMU 8%win chanceXavier 92%
GordStatsXavier by 16.292% to win · EMU 68–Xavier 84
BookXavier -23.5O/U 151.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Xavier's ball pressure (20th) meets Eastern Michigan's ball security (278th).
  • Xavier's offensive rebounding (52nd) meets Eastern Michigan's defensive rebounding (242nd).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Eastern Michigan Offense vs Xavier Defense

EMU offXavier def
Adj. efficiency
235th102.147th98.0
Effective FG%
298th38.7%41st32.1%
Turnovers
278th21.2%20th27.2%
Offensive rebounding
115th34.2%222nd33.0%
Free-throw rate
106th42.3%135th29.3%
3-point %
154th32.4%48th18.4%

Eastern Michigan: 68.8 possessions a game (326th fastest) · 33% of shots from three

Xavier Offense vs Eastern Michigan Defense

Xavier offEMU def
Adj. efficiency
38th115.1123rd103.3
Effective FG%
73rd56.8%220th51.7%
Turnovers
238th19.2%147th18.3%
Offensive rebounding
52nd40.0%242nd33.8%
Free-throw rate
115th40.8%194th35.3%
3-point %
173rd31.1%120th26.3%

Xavier: 74.1 possessions a game (26th fastest) · 36% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

Eastern Michigan

  • W71–70at Coastal Carolina+2

Xavier

  • W97–52vs Mount St. Mary's+24

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.