Putting Up Numbers· men's college basketball

Xavier’s assists at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Xavier was NaN assists over at home and 2.2 assists under away over its last 60 games, 30 games against 23. The plain averages are 20.6 and 13.4, a difference of 7.2.

Xavier’s NaN at home vs away over expected ranks 1st of the 365 teams with 6 games on each side over their last 60 games.

assists a game over expected

A NaN difference in assists over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +7.2 difference in assists at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

at homeaway
Xavier’s games, last 60 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultassistsExpected
Dec 5, 2024@TCUL2016.8
Dec 10, 2024vsMorgan StateW2520.2
Dec 14, 2024@CincinnatiL1314.0
Dec 18, 2024@UConnL912.3
Dec 21, 2024vsMarquetteL1617.5
Dec 31, 2024vsSeton HallW2017.0
Jan 3, 2025@GeorgetownL816.0
Jan 7, 2025vsSt. John'sL1915.8
Jan 11, 2025@DePaulW1517.0
Jan 14, 2025vsVillanovaW1617.2
Jan 18, 2025@MarquetteW1216.5
Jan 22, 2025@St. John'sL2014.5
Jan 25, 2025vsUConnW1413.2
Jan 29, 2025@CreightonL1113.7
Feb 4, 2025vsGeorgetownW1816.7
Feb 9, 2025@VillanovaL1416.1
Feb 12, 2025@ProvidenceW1714.3
Feb 15, 2025vsDePaulW1918.0
Feb 18, 2025vsButlerW2116.5
Feb 23, 2025@Seton HallW1416.2
Mar 1, 2025vsCreightonW2414.2
Mar 5, 2025@ButlerW1515.6
Mar 8, 2025vsProvidenceW2215.2
Mar 13, 2025vsMarquette (neutral)L1616.9
Mar 19, 2025vsTexas (neutral)W1715.0
Mar 21, 2025vsIllinois (neutral)L915.1
Nov 3, 2025vsMaristW1316.6
Nov 6, 2025vsLe MoyneW2019.9
Nov 10, 2025vsSanta ClaraL1719.1
Nov 14, 2025@IowaL914.8
Nov 18, 2025vsOld DominionW2919.1
Nov 21, 2025vsGeorgia (neutral)L1017.7
Nov 23, 2025vsWest Virginia (neutral)W1916.0
Nov 28, 2025vsTexas A&M-Corpus ChristiW2616.2
Dec 1, 2025vsSaint FrancisW2321.4
Dec 5, 2025vsCincinnatiW1917.2
Dec 12, 2025vsMissouri StateW2317.8
Dec 17, 2025vsCreightonL1617.7
Dec 20, 2025@GeorgetownW1816.3
Dec 31, 2025vsUConnL1813.9
Jan 3, 2026@DePaulL1916.2
Jan 7, 2026@MarquetteL1118.3
Jan 10, 2026vsProvidenceW2319.1
Jan 14, 2026vsButlerW3018.3
Jan 21, 2026@CreightonL1816.4
Jan 24, 2026vsSt. John'sL2014.8
Jan 28, 2026@Seton HallL1215.0
Jan 31, 2026vsDePaulW1417.7
Feb 3, 2026@UConnL613.4
Feb 9, 2026@St. John'sL1114.1
Feb 14, 2026vsMarquetteW2418.7
Feb 17, 2026vsVillanovaL2616.7
Feb 21, 2026@ButlerL1318.1
Feb 25, 2026@ProvidenceL618.9
Feb 28, 2026vsGeorgetownW1717.5
Mar 3, 2026vsSeton HallL2015.7
Mar 7, 2026@VillanovaL1816.0
Mar 11, 2026vsMarquette (neutral)W2118.3
Mar 12, 2026vsUConn (neutral)L614.0
Nov 2, 2026vsMount St. Mary'sW26NaN

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.6 in 2024-25, plus 0.6 in 2025-26, plus 0.0 in 2026-27 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 88% in 2024-25, 88% in 2025-26, NaN% in 2026-27 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.