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 3, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -5.5 Away covered
O/U 134.5 Over
Money MINN +195 / PUR -230
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual PUR +20 142 Lost
Massey PUR -8.7 (-11.3)
Massey Totals 132.5 (+9.5)
Bradley-Terry 16%
Weighted B-T 9%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -5.7 (-14.3) 136.3 (+5.7) 20%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -6.4 (-13.6) 136.7 (+5.3) 23%
Baseline ML PUR -6.5 (-13.5) 138.2 (+3.8) 25%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -5.2 (-14.8) 136.4 (+5.6) 28%

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 8557 MINN
Feb 16, 2024 PUR 8476 MINN
Jan 20, 2023 PUR 6139 MINN
Dec 4, 2022 PUR 8970 MINN
Feb 3, 2022 PUR 8873 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN PUR
Overall 15-17 24-12
Conference 7-13 13-7
Home 10-9 14-2
Away 5-5 5-6
Neutral 0-3 5-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 68.1 77.2
Avg Pts Against 69.7 70.4
Massey 0.5 (#151) 13.3 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 0.30 (#141) 2.76 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.56 (#132) 3.76 (#23)
RPI 0.480 (#204) 0.652 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN PUR
FG% 44.5% 48.5%
3PT% 30.5% 39.2%
REB / G 33.8 33.1
OREB / G 10.0 9.4
AST / TO 1.60 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 56.3%
TOV% 15.4% 17.8%
ORB% 29.0% 30.4%
FT Rate 22.0% 28.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 50.0%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 16.9%
DRB% 70.0% 68.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 19.8%

Game Analysis

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