Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · December 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MD -5.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money MD -240 / OSU +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +24 142 Won
Massey MD -3.2 (+20.8)
Massey Totals 146.9 (-4.9)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 72%
Efficiency Plus ML MD -4.8 (+19.2) 145.0 (-3.0) 67%
Baseline Tuned ML MD -4.8 (+19.2) 146.8 (-4.8) 66%
Baseline ML MD -4.5 (+19.5) 148.0 (-6.0) 70%
Baseline Plus ML MD -3.8 (+20.2) 150.2 (-8.2) 67%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 6, 2026 OSU 8262 MD
Feb 7, 2025 OSU 7370 MD
Feb 10, 2024 OSU 7975 MD
Mar 2, 2023 OSU 7362 MD
Jan 8, 2023 MD 8073 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD OSU
Overall 27-9 17-15
Conference 14-6 9-11
Home 17-2 11-6
Away 5-5 4-7
Neutral 5-2 2-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 81.1 78.8
Avg Pts Against 67.2 73.5
Massey 17.3 (#14) 19.3 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#52) 1.64 (#62)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.74 (#61) 2.89 (#58)
RPI 0.544 (#99) 0.563 (#76)
Shooting & Four Factors MD OSU
FG% 49.8% 51.3%
3PT% 33.8% 44.8%
REB / G 40.2 37.6
OREB / G 11.8 9.1
AST / TO 1.62 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 60.6%
TOV% 13.6% 15.5%
ORB% 34.2% 30.2%
FT Rate 24.8% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.1% 41.2%
Opp TOV% 23.7% 17.8%
DRB% 75.2% 73.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 28.9%

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