That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
Big Ten Conference · Pinnacle Bank Arena · February 25, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -6.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money NEB -300 / MINN +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual NEB +18 128 Won
Massey NEB -5.7 (+12.3) — —
Massey Totals — 147.8 (-19.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 82% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -7.0 (+11.0) 147.6 (-19.6) 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -5.9 (+12.1) 148.3 (-20.3) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -7.3 (+10.7) 146.8 (-18.8) 76% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -6.7 (+11.3) 147.4 (-19.4) 79% ✓

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 24, 2026 NEB 76 – 57 MINN
Mar 1, 2025 MINN 67 – 65 NEB
Dec 7, 2023 MINN 76 – 65 NEB
Mar 9, 2023 MINN 78 – 75 NEB
Feb 25, 2023 NEB 78 – 67 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB MINN
Overall 23-11 19-15
Conference 12-8 9-11
Home 18-1 16-4
Away 3-8 3-9
Neutral 2-2 0-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 75.0
Avg Pts Against 70.9 71.9
Massey 11.1 (#46) 8.7 (#68)
Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#38) 1.27 (#81)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#31) 1.76 (#71)
RPI 0.580 (#49) 0.519 (#140)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB MINN
FG% 45.2% 47.6%
3PT% 36.3% 35.9%
REB / G 37.9 36.2
OREB / G 9.8 10.6
AST / TO 1.36 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 54.7%
TOV% 16.3% 17.6%
ORB% 28.5% 31.8%
FT Rate 24.8% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.8% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 16.4%
DRB% 69.8% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 21.7%

Game Analysis

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