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Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -12.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money RUTG +650 / NEB -1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual NEB +12 148 Lost
Massey NEB -16.3 (+4.3) — —
Massey Totals — 143.9 (+4.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 2% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 1% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -13.5 (+1.5) 140.7 (+7.3) 14% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -12.3 (+0.3) 143.7 (+4.3) 17% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -14.5 (+2.5) 140.4 (+7.6) 14% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -14.6 (+2.6) 143.0 (+5.0) 13% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 17, 2025 RUTG 85 – 82 NEB
Mar 3, 2024 NEB 67 – 56 RUTG
Jan 18, 2024 RUTG 87 – 82 NEB
Feb 15, 2023 NEB 82 – 72 RUTG
Jan 29, 2022 RUTG 63 – 61 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG NEB
Overall 14-20 28-7
Conference 6-14 15-5
Home 10-7 16-2
Away 2-9 7-3
Neutral 2-4 5-2
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 77.0
Avg Pts Against 75.3 66.1
Massey 0.3 (#158) 19.6 (#15)
Bradley-Terry 0.21 (#145) 4.56 (#5)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.07 (#158) 5.69 (#6)
RPI 0.498 (#189) 0.648 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG NEB
FG% 40.7% 47.3%
3PT% 32.2% 35.8%
REB / G 34.4 35.4
OREB / G 12.2 8.7
AST / TO 1.05 2.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.4% 56.5%
TOV% 15.6% 13.2%
ORB% 32.8% 26.0%
FT Rate 27.4% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 47.2%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.9%
DRB% 65.9% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 17.9%

Game Analysis

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