And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · January 8, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MD -1.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money MD -133 / OSU +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +7 153 Won
Massey OSU -2.1 (+9.1) — —
Massey Totals — 140.8 (+12.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 62% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OSU -1.3 (+8.3) 141.8 (+11.2) 52% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OSU -2.0 (+9.0) 138.9 (+14.1) 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -0.6 (+7.6) 141.7 (+11.3) 48% ✗
Baseline ML OSU -1.8 (+8.8) 142.5 (+10.5) 45% ✗

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 6, 2026 OSU 82 – 62 MD
Feb 7, 2025 OSU 73 – 70 MD
Dec 4, 2024 MD 83 – 59 OSU
Feb 10, 2024 OSU 79 – 75 MD
Mar 2, 2023 OSU 73 – 62 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD OSU
Overall 22-13 16-19
Conference 11-9 5-15
Home 16-1 10-6
Away 2-9 1-10
Neutral 4-3 5-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 72.5
Avg Pts Against 63.5 69.0
Massey 9.7 (#47) 16.0 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 1.68 (#56) 1.94 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.19 (#59) 2.68 (#34)
RPI 0.594 (#38) 0.584 (#49)
Shooting & Four Factors MD OSU
FG% 44.8% 49.2%
3PT% 31.1% 37.8%
REB / G 36.1 39.9
OREB / G 9.7 12.4
AST / TO 0.88 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 55.4%
TOV% 18.3% 16.6%
ORB% 29.4% 36.7%
FT Rate 24.6% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.5% 45.0%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 17.2%
DRB% 71.0% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 16.8%

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