So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Fari! "By the RIvers of Babylon"-The Melodians
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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML MD -1.5 (+6.5) 141.8 (+19.2) 53%

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 9363 MD
Jan 3, 2024 PUR 6753 MD
Feb 16, 2023 MD 6854 PUR
Jan 22, 2023 PUR 5855 MD
Feb 13, 2022 PUR 6261 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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