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Penn State Nittany Lions
79 73
FINAL Neutral Conference
Michigan Wolverines
Big Ten Conference · The Palestra (Neutral) · January 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -3.0 Home covered
O/U 155.0 Under
Money PSU +135 / MICH -160
Model Predictions
Spread Total PSU win
Actual PSU +6 152 Won
Massey MICH -3.9 (+9.9)
Massey Totals 160.2 (-8.2)
Bradley-Terry 29%
Weighted B-T 20%
Efficiency Plus ML MICH -0.7 (+6.7) 154.8 (-2.8) 56%
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -1.5 (+7.5) 154.2 (-2.2) 43%
Baseline ML PSU -0.2 (+5.8) 155.4 (-3.4) 41%
Baseline Plus ML MICH -0.0 (+6.0) 155.5 (-3.5) 45%

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 5, 2026 MICH 11069 PSU
Jan 7, 2026 MICH 7472 PSU
Jan 27, 2025 MICH 7672 PSU
Mar 14, 2024 PSU 6657 MICH
Jan 29, 2023 PSU 8361 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PSU MICH
Overall 16-17 8-24
Conference 9-11 3-17
Home 12-4 5-10
Away 2-8 2-9
Neutral 2-5 1-5
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L9
Avg Pts For 75.1 72.9
Avg Pts Against 73.4 79.0
Massey 3.7 (#115) 7.6 (#70)
Bradley-Terry -0.34 (#204) 0.57 (#129)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.22 (#193) 1.17 (#103)
RPI 0.464 (#237) 0.566 (#77)
Shooting & Four Factors PSU MICH
FG% 43.0% 48.0%
3PT% 30.3% 37.9%
REB / G 33.5 37.6
OREB / G 10.9 11.4
AST / TO 0.99 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 55.6%
TOV% 16.2% 18.0%
ORB% 28.8% 33.9%
FT Rate 26.2% 23.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 15.2%
DRB% 65.4% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 19.8%

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