Spread love- it's the Brooklyn way. "Juicy" - Notorious B.I.G.
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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -5.2 (-14.8) 136.4 (+5.6) 28% ✓
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% ✓

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
Feb 16, 2024 PUR 84 – 76 MINN
Jan 20, 2023 PUR 61 – 39 MINN
Dec 4, 2022 PUR 89 – 70 MINN
Feb 3, 2022 PUR 88 – 73 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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