That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · February 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money MINN +105 / NU -133
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual MINN +9 141 Won
Massey MINN -1.4 (+7.6) — —
Massey Totals — 143.0 (-2.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -1.4 (+7.6) 143.5 (-2.5) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MINN -0.5 (+8.5) 140.2 (+0.8) 54% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MINN -1.0 (+8.0) 143.1 (-2.1) 53% ✓
Baseline ML MINN -0.5 (+8.5) 144.2 (-3.2) 56% ✓

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 8, 2026 MINN 67 – 66 NU
Jan 3, 2026 MINN 84 – 78 NU
Mar 12, 2025 NU 72 – 64 MINN
Feb 26, 2025 NU 75 – 63 MINN
Mar 10, 2024 NU 90 – 66 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN NU
Overall 19-15 22-12
Conference 9-11 12-8
Home 16-4 15-2
Away 3-9 4-7
Neutral 0-2 3-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.0 73.3
Avg Pts Against 71.9 69.1
Massey 7.1 (#83) 9.3 (#62)
Bradley-Terry 0.80 (#115) 2.24 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.21 (#101) 2.87 (#24)
RPI 0.506 (#158) 0.583 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN NU
FG% 47.8% 47.9%
3PT% 34.0% 38.9%
REB / G 37.3 29.9
OREB / G 11.1 7.9
AST / TO 1.48 1.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.5% 55.1%
TOV% 18.2% 13.3%
ORB% 32.9% 25.0%
FT Rate 23.5% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 20.4%
DRB% 71.4% 69.4%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 30.1%

Game Analysis

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