In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Big Ten Conference · Schottenstein Center · February 18, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -7.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money OSU +250 / PUR -350
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +4 142 Won
Massey PUR -10.2 (+14.2)
Massey Totals 150.5 (-8.5)
Bradley-Terry 9%
Weighted B-T 8%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -6.8 (+10.8) 145.0 (-3.0) 29%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -7.6 (+11.6) 147.0 (-5.0) 20%
Baseline ML PUR -7.8 (+11.8) 147.1 (-5.1) 28%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -7.9 (+11.9) 146.7 (-4.7) 28%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 1, 2026 OSU 8274 PUR
Jan 22, 2025 OSU 7370 PUR
Mar 11, 2023 PUR 8066 OSU
Feb 19, 2023 PUR 8255 OSU
Jan 6, 2023 PUR 7169 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU PUR
Overall 22-14 34-5
Conference 9-11 17-3
Home 15-5 16-0
Away 2-8 7-3
Neutral 5-1 11-2
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 82.3
Avg Pts Against 70.2 69.0
Massey 8.9 (#64) 22.4 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 1.11 (#95) 4.06 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.61 (#82) 4.78 (#1)
RPI 0.536 (#114) 0.696 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU PUR
FG% 44.5% 49.1%
3PT% 33.9% 40.3%
REB / G 37.0 41.4
OREB / G 11.2 12.3
AST / TO 1.35 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 56.3%
TOV% 15.2% 16.3%
ORB% 32.0% 37.2%
FT Rate 25.2% 30.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 14.1%
DRB% 71.5% 76.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 15.9%

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