He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Big Ten Conference · Madison Square Garden · February 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -4.5 Home covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Money RUTG -213 / MSU +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual RUTG +6 116 Won
Massey RUTG -9.3 (-3.3)
Massey Totals 122.7 (-6.7)
Bradley-Terry 57%
Weighted B-T 61%
Efficiency Plus ML RUTG -6.6 (-0.6) 130.1 (-14.1) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -7.1 (-1.1) 131.4 (-15.4) 76%
Baseline ML RUTG -7.6 (-1.6) 132.8 (-16.8) 76%
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -8.3 (-2.3) 133.1 (-17.1) 76%

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 6, 2026 MSU 9187 RUTG
Jan 27, 2026 MSU 8879 RUTG
Jan 25, 2025 MSU 8174 RUTG
Jan 14, 2024 MSU 7355 RUTG
Jan 19, 2023 MSU 7057 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG MSU
Overall 19-15 21-13
Conference 10-10 11-8
Home 14-6 12-2
Away 4-7 4-7
Neutral 1-2 5-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 70.9
Avg Pts Against 61.1 67.9
Massey 15.3 (#11) 9.5 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 1.74 (#52) 2.11 (#34)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.23 (#49) 2.53 (#37)
RPI 0.571 (#60) 0.591 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG MSU
FG% 44.1% 44.5%
3PT% 32.7% 37.9%
REB / G 38.6 36.5
OREB / G 12.0 9.1
AST / TO 1.34 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 50.6%
TOV% 17.7% 16.6%
ORB% 33.6% 27.5%
FT Rate 21.6% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.9% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 22.8% 14.6%
DRB% 73.0% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 19.8%

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