I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Purdue Boilermakers
67 65
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 12, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -7.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money PUR -400 / PSU +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +2 132 Won
Massey PUR -6.5 (-4.5)
Massey Totals 136.8 (-4.8)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 84%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -7.2 (-5.2) 130.5 (+1.5) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -5.6 (-3.6) 137.4 (-5.4) 76%
Baseline ML PUR -5.2 (-3.2) 134.0 (-2.0) 70%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -4.2 (-2.2) 134.0 (-2.0) 70%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 10, 2026 PUR 9385 PSU
Dec 5, 2024 PSU 8170 PUR
Jan 13, 2024 PUR 9578 PSU
Feb 1, 2023 PUR 8060 PSU
Jan 8, 2023 PUR 7663 PSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR PSU
Overall 29-6 23-14
Conference 15-5 10-10
Home 14-2 13-3
Away 7-3 4-7
Neutral 7-1 6-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.7 72.2
Avg Pts Against 62.7 68.2
Massey 16.5 (#9) 10.0 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 3.29 (#4) 1.95 (#36)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.05 (#4) 2.41 (#38)
RPI 0.630 (#6) 0.558 (#64)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR PSU
FG% 46.2% 46.5%
3PT% 33.1% 38.7%
REB / G 38.6 32.6
OREB / G 12.2 6.1
AST / TO 1.40 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 55.7%
TOV% 17.3% 13.6%
ORB% 38.5% 18.9%
FT Rate 27.9% 15.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 15.3% 13.2%
DRB% 76.4% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 13.9% 18.1%

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