They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Big Ten Conference · State Farm Center · March 6, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -2.5 Away covered
O/U 164.5 Under
Money ILL -125 / PUR +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual PUR +6 148 Lost
Massey PUR -1.8 (-4.2) — —
Massey Totals — 165.9 (-17.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 33% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -0.3 (-5.7) 162.2 (-14.2) 48% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -0.5 (-5.5) 161.9 (-13.9) 45% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -0.6 (-5.4) 163.9 (-15.9) 47% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -0.3 (-5.7) 164.1 (-16.1) 48% ✓

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 ILL 88 – 82 PUR
Mar 8, 2025 ILL 88 – 80 PUR
Jan 6, 2024 PUR 83 – 78 ILL
Mar 5, 2023 PUR 76 – 71 ILL
Feb 9, 2022 PUR 84 – 68 ILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL PUR
Overall 29-9 34-5
Conference 14-6 17-3
Home 15-3 16-0
Away 6-5 7-3
Neutral 8-1 11-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.4 82.3
Avg Pts Against 73.3 69.0
Massey 17.0 (#14) 22.0 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#18) 3.77 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.23 (#11) 4.53 (#2)
RPI 0.617 (#14) 0.688 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL PUR
FG% 47.3% 49.2%
3PT% 35.4% 40.5%
REB / G 41.5 40.8
OREB / G 12.9 12.3
AST / TO 1.21 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.2% 56.4%
TOV% 15.1% 16.3%
ORB% 36.2% 37.6%
FT Rate 27.5% 30.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 12.6% 14.0%
DRB% 74.2% 76.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 16.6%

Game Analysis

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