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Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · February 16, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -16.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money PUR -2500 / MINN +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +8 160 Won
Massey PUR -18.5 (-10.5) — —
Massey Totals — 149.3 (+10.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -16.8 (-8.8) 149.5 (+10.5) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -17.9 (-9.9) 148.5 (+11.5) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -16.4 (-8.4) 149.0 (+11.0) 89% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -17.2 (-9.2) 149.6 (+10.4) 89% ✓

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 PUR 85 – 57 MINN
Jan 3, 2025 PUR 81 – 61 MINN
Jan 20, 2023 PUR 61 – 39 MINN
Dec 4, 2022 PUR 89 – 70 MINN
Feb 3, 2022 PUR 88 – 73 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR MINN
Overall 34-5 19-15
Conference 17-3 9-11
Home 16-0 16-4
Away 7-3 3-9
Neutral 11-2 0-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.3 75.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 71.9
Massey 22.9 (#3) 7.8 (#77)
Bradley-Terry 4.06 (#1) 1.06 (#98)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.78 (#1) 1.54 (#85)
RPI 0.700 (#1) 0.508 (#158)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR MINN
FG% 49.1% 47.5%
3PT% 40.0% 34.7%
REB / G 41.2 36.8
OREB / G 12.1 10.6
AST / TO 1.58 1.49
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 54.4%
TOV% 16.3% 18.0%
ORB% 36.8% 31.7%
FT Rate 30.6% 23.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.1% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 14.4% 16.7%
DRB% 76.1% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 15.7% 20.8%

Game Analysis

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