This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big Ten Conference · State Farm Center · January 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -11.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money ILL -800 / RUTG +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +23 149 Won
Massey ILL -14.6 (+8.4)
Massey Totals 140.4 (+8.6)
Bradley-Terry 84%
Weighted B-T 88%
Efficiency Plus ML ILL -13.0 (+10.0) 149.5 (-0.5) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -11.7 (+11.3) 142.7 (+6.3) 86%
Baseline ML ILL -12.2 (+10.8) 143.3 (+5.7) 86%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -13.4 (+9.6) 146.8 (+2.2) 87%

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 9, 2026 ILL 8155 RUTG
Feb 6, 2025 RUTG 8273 ILL
Dec 2, 2023 ILL 7658 RUTG
Feb 11, 2023 ILL 6960 RUTG
Feb 17, 2022 RUTG 7059 ILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL RUTG
Overall 29-9 15-17
Conference 14-6 7-13
Home 15-3 12-5
Away 6-5 3-9
Neutral 8-1 0-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 83.4 65.4
Avg Pts Against 73.3 66.5
Massey 16.8 (#11) 6.0 (#94)
Bradley-Terry 2.27 (#27) 1.29 (#84)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.03 (#21) 1.76 (#76)
RPI 0.611 (#26) 0.555 (#94)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL RUTG
FG% 46.7% 39.0%
3PT% 34.4% 29.9%
REB / G 42.9 39.6
OREB / G 13.0 13.3
AST / TO 1.13 1.06
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 44.2%
TOV% 16.2% 16.4%
ORB% 36.3% 32.1%
FT Rate 24.9% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.0% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 21.7%
DRB% 73.0% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 16.0% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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