In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Northwestern Wildcats
61 – 70
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers
Big Ten Conference · Target Center (Neutral) · March 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WIS -4.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money NU +163 / WIS -213
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual WIS +9 131 Lost
Massey WIS -3.4 (-5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.9 (-9.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 49% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 48% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WIS -1.8 (-7.2) 138.5 (-7.5) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WIS -2.4 (-6.6) 134.7 (-3.7) 41% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -1.6 (-7.4) 140.4 (-9.4) 44% ✓
Baseline ML WIS -1.7 (-7.3) 140.9 (-9.9) 46% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 4, 2025 WIS 85 – 73 NU
Mar 13, 2025 WIS 70 – 63 NU
Feb 1, 2025 WIS 75 – 69 NU
Jan 13, 2024 WIS 71 – 63 NU
Feb 5, 2023 NU 54 – 52 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU WIS
Overall 22-12 22-14
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 4-7 3-9
Neutral 3-3 5-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.3 74.7
Avg Pts Against 69.1 70.0
Massey 10.4 (#51) 13.7 (#22)
Bradley-Terry 1.97 (#41) 2.00 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.60 (#28) 2.67 (#27)
RPI 0.557 (#74) 0.587 (#35)
Shooting & Four Factors NU WIS
FG% 46.1% 46.4%
3PT% 39.6% 35.1%
REB / G 31.2 34.1
OREB / G 8.5 10.1
AST / TO 1.81 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 52.5%
TOV% 13.3% 15.0%
ORB% 25.9% 30.8%
FT Rate 22.3% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.5% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 16.9%
DRB% 71.6% 76.3%
Opp FT Rate 28.6% 22.7%

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