The tide is high, but I'm holding on. "The Tide is High" - Blondie
Big Ten Conference · Pinnacle Bank Arena · February 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -8.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money NEB -450 / PSU +310
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual NEB +19 117 Won
Massey NEB -6.9 (+12.1) — —
Massey Totals — 154.2 (-37.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 87% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -6.3 (+12.7) 150.6 (-33.6) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -6.3 (+12.7) 150.8 (-33.8) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -6.6 (+12.4) 148.3 (-31.3) 75% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -6.5 (+12.5) 149.0 (-32.0) 76% ✓

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 21, 2026 NEB 87 – 64 PSU
Feb 19, 2025 PSU 89 – 72 NEB
Feb 5, 2023 NEB 72 – 63 PSU
Jan 21, 2023 PSU 76 – 65 NEB
Feb 28, 2022 NEB 93 – 70 PSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB PSU
Overall 23-11 16-17
Conference 12-8 9-11
Home 18-1 12-4
Away 3-8 2-8
Neutral 2-2 2-5
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 75.1
Avg Pts Against 70.9 73.4
Massey 10.0 (#54) 6.5 (#87)
Bradley-Terry 1.87 (#47) 0.63 (#124)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.39 (#42) 1.19 (#104)
RPI 0.573 (#58) 0.506 (#164)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB PSU
FG% 45.0% 44.2%
3PT% 36.5% 33.1%
REB / G 37.8 31.5
OREB / G 9.8 9.5
AST / TO 1.36 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 50.8%
TOV% 16.4% 15.6%
ORB% 28.6% 26.7%
FT Rate 25.6% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 21.4%
DRB% 69.4% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 26.8%

Game Analysis

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