Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Nebraska Cornhuskers
80 72 OT
FINAL Conference
Wisconsin Badgers
Big Ten Conference · Pinnacle Bank Arena · February 2, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -1.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money NEB -115 / WIS -111
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual NEB +8 152 Won
Massey WIS -2.3 (+10.3)
Massey Totals 148.0 (+4.0)
Bradley-Terry 47%
Weighted B-T 43%
Efficiency Plus ML WIS -2.1 (+10.1) 144.4 (+7.6) 46%
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -1.6 (+9.6) 146.3 (+5.7) 44%
Baseline ML WIS -1.5 (+9.5) 147.6 (+4.4) 48%
Baseline Plus ML WIS -1.4 (+9.4) 146.7 (+5.3) 47%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 11, 2025 NEB 9060 WIS
Jan 26, 2025 WIS 8355 NEB
Jan 6, 2024 WIS 8872 NEB
Feb 11, 2023 NEB 7363 WIS
Mar 6, 2022 NEB 7473 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB WIS
Overall 23-11 22-14
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 18-1 14-3
Away 3-8 3-9
Neutral 2-2 5-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 77.7 74.7
Avg Pts Against 70.9 70.0
Massey 9.1 (#63) 15.0 (#19)
Bradley-Terry 1.91 (#43) 2.69 (#11)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.37 (#41) 3.39 (#9)
RPI 0.593 (#39) 0.644 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB WIS
FG% 45.0% 47.7%
3PT% 36.4% 36.1%
REB / G 38.4 34.0
OREB / G 10.2 9.9
AST / TO 1.39 1.28
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 53.9%
TOV% 16.5% 15.0%
ORB% 29.9% 31.8%
FT Rate 25.7% 28.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.3%
DRB% 70.3% 77.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.3% 20.8%

Game Analysis

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