We need the funk. "Give Up the Funk" - Parliament
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · February 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -3.5 Away covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money RUTG -188 / NU +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual RUTG +3 123 Won
Massey RUTG -0.8 (+2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 131.1 (-8.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 43% ✗
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -0.2 (+2.8) 133.3 (-10.3) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RUTG -1.5 (+1.5) 130.0 (-7.0) 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -0.8 (+2.2) 131.8 (-8.8) 54% ✓
Baseline ML RUTG -0.7 (+2.3) 132.5 (-9.5) 51% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 11, 2026 RUTG 77 – 75 NU
Jan 30, 2025 RUTG 79 – 72 NU
Mar 6, 2023 NU 65 – 53 RUTG
Jan 12, 2023 RUTG 65 – 62 NU
Feb 2, 2022 NU 79 – 78 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG NU
Overall 15-17 22-12
Conference 7-13 12-8
Home 12-5 15-2
Away 3-9 4-7
Neutral 0-3 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 65.4 73.3
Avg Pts Against 66.5 69.1
Massey 6.8 (#86) 9.3 (#61)
Bradley-Terry 1.33 (#77) 2.13 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.75 (#74) 2.73 (#25)
RPI 0.542 (#110) 0.575 (#55)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG NU
FG% 39.1% 46.6%
3PT% 29.0% 39.5%
REB / G 38.8 30.8
OREB / G 12.9 8.4
AST / TO 1.01 1.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.7% 53.8%
TOV% 16.8% 13.6%
ORB% 31.5% 25.7%
FT Rate 21.6% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 20.2%
DRB% 69.5% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 30.4%

Game Analysis

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