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 · Williams Arena · January 20, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -13.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money MINN +650 / PUR -1200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual PUR +22 100 Lost
Massey PUR -14.4 (-7.6) — —
Massey Totals — 131.5 (-31.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 3% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 0% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -13.0 (-9.0) 132.1 (-32.1) 14% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -15.3 (-6.7) 131.3 (-31.3) 13% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -12.8 (-9.2) 133.5 (-33.5) 14% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -12.0 (-10.0) 133.8 (-33.8) 14% ✓

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 11, 2025 PUR 85 – 57 MINN
Jan 3, 2025 PUR 81 – 61 MINN
Feb 16, 2024 PUR 84 – 76 MINN
Dec 4, 2022 PUR 89 – 70 MINN
Feb 3, 2022 PUR 88 – 73 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN PUR
Overall 9-22 29-6
Conference 2-17 15-5
Home 6-11 14-2
Away 1-9 7-3
Neutral 2-2 7-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 62.9 72.7
Avg Pts Against 71.0 62.7
Massey -2.0 (#212) 16.2 (#7)
Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#190) 4.07 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.52 (#218) 5.93 (#1)
RPI 0.482 (#211) 0.650 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN PUR
FG% 43.1% 45.7%
3PT% 32.9% 32.8%
REB / G 34.4 39.8
OREB / G 9.3 12.6
AST / TO 1.11 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 52.3%
TOV% 19.0% 16.6%
ORB% 26.7% 39.1%
FT Rate 19.3% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 15.7%
DRB% 67.4% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 15.7% 11.8%

Game Analysis

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