I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · December 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -2.5 Home covered
O/U 150.0 Under
Money MINN +126 / NEB -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual MINN +11 141 Won
Massey MINN -4.3 (+6.7) — —
Massey Totals — 145.9 (-4.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 29% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 19% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MINN -1.6 (+9.4) 145.1 (-4.1) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MINN -0.5 (+10.5) 144.8 (-3.8) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -1.9 (+9.1) 144.7 (-3.7) 62% ✓
Baseline ML MINN -1.9 (+9.1) 145.5 (-4.5) 61% ✓

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 24, 2026 NEB 76 – 57 MINN
Mar 1, 2025 MINN 67 – 65 NEB
Feb 25, 2024 NEB 73 – 55 MINN
Mar 9, 2023 MINN 78 – 75 NEB
Feb 25, 2023 NEB 78 – 67 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN NEB
Overall 19-15 23-11
Conference 9-11 12-8
Home 16-4 18-1
Away 3-9 3-8
Neutral 0-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.0 77.7
Avg Pts Against 71.9 70.9
Massey 3.6 (#110) 5.0 (#90)
Bradley-Terry -0.68 (#243) 1.53 (#69)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.65 (#225) 2.38 (#55)
RPI 0.483 (#197) 0.546 (#107)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN NEB
FG% 48.0% 43.9%
3PT% 33.0% 31.9%
REB / G 40.0 42.1
OREB / G 11.5 12.4
AST / TO 1.28 1.61
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.5% 51.2%
TOV% 20.0% 14.1%
ORB% 35.4% 33.6%
FT Rate 29.0% 30.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 43.1%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 15.4%
DRB% 71.5% 72.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.9% 16.3%

Game Analysis

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