Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
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% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MICH -1.5 (+7.5) 156.2 (-4.2) 44% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -2.4 (+8.4) 156.0 (-4.0) 50% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -2.1 (+8.1) 155.2 (-3.2) 39% ✗
Baseline ML MICH -1.5 (+7.5) 155.2 (-3.2) 39% ✗

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 110 – 69 PSU
Jan 7, 2026 MICH 74 – 72 PSU
Jan 27, 2025 MICH 76 – 72 PSU
Mar 14, 2024 PSU 66 – 57 MICH
Jan 29, 2023 PSU 83 – 61 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%

Game Analysis

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