And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Michigan Wolverines
50 62
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -2.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money MICH -150 / RUTG +126
Model Predictions
Spread Total MICH win
Actual RUTG +12 112 Lost
Massey RUTG -1.9 (-10.1)
Massey Totals 130.7 (-18.7)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 63%
Efficiency Plus ML MICH -1.0 (-13.0) 132.9 (-20.9) 51%
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -0.9 (-12.9) 133.9 (-21.9) 55%
Baseline ML RUTG -0.7 (-11.3) 133.4 (-21.4) 49%
Baseline Plus ML MICH -0.3 (-12.3) 134.5 (-22.5) 50%

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 6, 2025 MICH 10160 RUTG
Feb 28, 2025 MICH 8482 RUTG
Feb 1, 2025 MICH 6663 RUTG
Mar 1, 2024 RUTG 8252 MICH
Feb 3, 2024 RUTG 6959 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MICH RUTG
Overall 18-16 19-15
Conference 11-9 10-10
Home 13-4 14-6
Away 3-8 4-7
Neutral 2-4 1-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.4 68.4
Avg Pts Against 69.6 61.1
Massey 10.1 (#49) 12.0 (#29)
Bradley-Terry 1.50 (#63) 1.39 (#68)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.31 (#45) 1.77 (#66)
RPI 0.548 (#87) 0.537 (#107)
Shooting & Four Factors MICH RUTG
FG% 44.9% 43.0%
3PT% 34.6% 31.9%
REB / G 36.8 37.3
OREB / G 9.0 11.5
AST / TO 1.20 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 47.9%
TOV% 14.6% 17.4%
ORB% 25.6% 31.8%
FT Rate 21.5% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 14.8% 21.8%
DRB% 74.1% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 18.6%

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