Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Big Ten Conference · Bryce Jordan Center · February 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MSU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money PSU +138 / MSU -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total PSU win
Actual MSU +8 152 Lost
Massey MSU -5.5 (-2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 144.0 (+8.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 40% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSU -3.0 (-5.0) 141.7 (+10.3) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSU -2.7 (-5.3) 139.1 (+12.9) 43% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -2.2 (-5.8) 141.1 (+10.9) 39% ✓
Baseline ML MSU -2.5 (-5.5) 140.7 (+11.3) 42% ✓

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 13, 2025 MSU 76 – 72 PSU
Jan 16, 2025 MSU 90 – 85 PSU
Jan 5, 2024 MSU 92 – 61 PSU
Dec 7, 2022 MSU 67 – 58 PSU
Feb 15, 2022 PSU 62 – 58 MSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PSU MSU
Overall 16-17 20-15
Conference 9-11 10-10
Home 12-4 14-4
Away 2-8 3-7
Neutral 2-5 3-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.1 72.9
Avg Pts Against 73.4 66.1
Massey 6.6 (#87) 15.5 (#16)
Bradley-Terry 0.77 (#116) 1.81 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.30 (#99) 2.52 (#36)
RPI 0.516 (#141) 0.576 (#51)
Shooting & Four Factors PSU MSU
FG% 44.1% 47.5%
3PT% 32.3% 37.1%
REB / G 31.8 34.8
OREB / G 9.6 9.8
AST / TO 1.15 1.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 53.2%
TOV% 15.3% 14.7%
ORB% 26.8% 29.4%
FT Rate 26.0% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 21.6% 18.6%
DRB% 67.2% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 23.3%

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