Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · January 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MINN -1.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money MINN -125 / MD +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual MINN +3 127 Won
Massey MINN -6.1 (-3.1) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (-7.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MINN -4.8 (-1.8) 136.1 (-9.1) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MINN -2.4 (+0.6) 137.2 (-10.2) 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -5.7 (-2.7) 134.7 (-7.7) 73% ✓
Baseline ML MINN -5.9 (-2.9) 135.8 (-8.8) 70% ✓

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 8, 2026 MD 67 – 62 MINN
Jan 13, 2025 MD 77 – 71 MINN
Mar 10, 2023 MD 70 – 54 MINN
Feb 23, 2023 MD 88 – 70 MINN
Feb 5, 2023 MD 81 – 46 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN MD
Overall 19-15 16-17
Conference 9-11 7-13
Home 16-4 11-6
Away 3-9 4-8
Neutral 0-2 1-3
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.0 69.0
Avg Pts Against 71.9 65.9
Massey 7.1 (#77) 5.2 (#97)
Bradley-Terry 1.05 (#87) 0.38 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.52 (#87) 0.56 (#138)
RPI 0.521 (#139) 0.494 (#188)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN MD
FG% 49.5% 40.9%
3PT% 36.8% 27.2%
REB / G 38.1 37.5
OREB / G 11.2 13.4
AST / TO 1.60 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.8% 46.3%
TOV% 18.0% 16.9%
ORB% 34.3% 35.3%
FT Rate 22.8% 31.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.5% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 21.3%
DRB% 72.0% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.5% 23.3%

Game Analysis

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