Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · February 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -15.5 Home covered
O/U 123.5 Over
Money RUTG -1600 / MINN +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual RUTG +35 145 Won
Massey RUTG -20.0 (+15.0) — —
Massey Totals — 119.5 (+25.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -16.2 (+18.8) 130.3 (+14.7) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RUTG -14.7 (+20.3) 132.3 (+12.7) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -14.6 (+20.4) 130.5 (+14.5) 89% ✓
Baseline ML RUTG -15.4 (+19.6) 129.7 (+15.3) 88% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 12, 2026 RUTG 72 – 67 MINN
Feb 21, 2026 MINN 80 – 61 RUTG
Mar 9, 2025 RUTG 75 – 67 MINN
Feb 18, 2024 MINN 81 – 70 RUTG
Mar 3, 2023 MINN 75 – 74 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG MINN
Overall 19-15 9-22
Conference 10-10 2-17
Home 14-6 6-11
Away 4-7 1-9
Neutral 1-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 62.9
Avg Pts Against 61.1 71.0
Massey 14.7 (#14) -1.7 (#210)
Bradley-Terry 1.74 (#50) -0.32 (#207)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.22 (#47) -0.63 (#220)
RPI 0.573 (#55) 0.463 (#252)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG MINN
FG% 43.3% 42.0%
3PT% 31.8% 31.2%
REB / G 38.8 34.4
OREB / G 12.3 9.1
AST / TO 1.27 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.0% 47.7%
TOV% 17.9% 19.1%
ORB% 34.0% 25.8%
FT Rate 22.2% 18.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.1% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 16.0%
DRB% 73.2% 68.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 15.7%

Game Analysis

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