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 · Mackey Arena · December 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -4.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money PUR -200 / MD +165
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +5 161 Won
Massey MD -2.3 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 141.6 (+19.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MD -1.5 (+6.5) 141.8 (+19.2) 53% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -1.7 (+3.3) 142.3 (+18.7) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -1.3 (+3.7) 141.3 (+19.7) 57% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -0.2 (+4.8) 142.7 (+18.3) 55% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 1, 2026 PUR 93 – 63 MD
Jan 3, 2024 PUR 67 – 53 MD
Feb 16, 2023 MD 68 – 54 PUR
Jan 22, 2023 PUR 58 – 55 MD
Feb 13, 2022 PUR 62 – 61 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR MD
Overall 24-12 27-9
Conference 13-7 14-6
Home 14-2 17-2
Away 5-6 5-5
Neutral 5-4 5-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 81.1
Avg Pts Against 70.4 67.2
Massey 13.4 (#34) 20.2 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 3.06 (#20) 2.17 (#43)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.50 (#18) 3.47 (#42)
RPI 0.686 (#11) 0.571 (#68)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR MD
FG% 50.0% 49.5%
3PT% 41.7% 33.2%
REB / G 34.0 40.1
OREB / G 8.7 11.6
AST / TO 1.43 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.0% 56.0%
TOV% 18.5% 13.6%
ORB% 29.8% 33.4%
FT Rate 33.5% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 42.9%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 23.4%
DRB% 71.5% 75.4%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 18.8%

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