I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Purdue Boilermakers
105 – 96 OT
FINAL Conference
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · January 31, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -14.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PUR -1600 / NU +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +9 201 Won
Massey PUR -17.5 (-8.5) — —
Massey Totals — 147.4 (+53.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -14.0 (-5.0) 149.9 (+51.1) 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -14.2 (-5.2) 146.4 (+54.6) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -14.9 (-5.9) 149.1 (+51.9) 88% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -14.0 (-5.0) 151.9 (+49.1) 88% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 12, 2026 PUR 81 – 68 NU
Mar 5, 2026 PUR 70 – 66 NU
Jan 5, 2025 PUR 79 – 61 NU
Dec 2, 2023 NU 92 – 88 PUR
Feb 12, 2023 NU 64 – 58 PUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR NU
Overall 34-5 22-12
Conference 17-3 12-8
Home 16-0 15-2
Away 7-3 4-7
Neutral 11-2 3-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.3 73.3
Avg Pts Against 69.0 69.1
Massey 22.7 (#2) 8.8 (#65)
Bradley-Terry 3.81 (#1) 2.23 (#27)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.56 (#2) 2.88 (#23)
RPI 0.695 (#1) 0.591 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR NU
FG% 49.1% 47.4%
3PT% 40.0% 38.1%
REB / G 41.2 30.2
OREB / G 11.9 8.2
AST / TO 1.58 1.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 54.3%
TOV% 16.6% 13.4%
ORB% 36.4% 25.5%
FT Rate 29.4% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.3% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 20.8%
DRB% 75.4% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 15.9% 29.0%

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