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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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -14.0 (-5.0) 149.9 (+51.1) 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 8168 NU
Mar 5, 2026 PUR 7066 NU
Jan 5, 2025 PUR 7961 NU
Dec 2, 2023 NU 9288 PUR
Feb 12, 2023 NU 6458 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%

Game Analysis

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