Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -6.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money PUR -290 / NU +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +18 140 Won
Massey PUR -6.9 (+11.1)
Massey Totals 138.4 (+1.6)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 88%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -6.7 (+11.3) 139.4 (+0.6) 75%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -6.5 (+11.5) 140.3 (-0.3) 75%
Baseline ML PUR -6.0 (+12.0) 142.1 (-2.1) 76%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -5.3 (+12.7) 141.1 (-1.1) 69%

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 12, 2026 PUR 8168 NU
Mar 5, 2026 PUR 7066 NU
Jan 31, 2024 PUR 10596 NU
Dec 2, 2023 NU 9288 PUR
Feb 12, 2023 NU 6458 PUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR NU
Overall 24-12 17-16
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 14-2 12-5
Away 5-6 2-9
Neutral 5-4 3-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 72.4
Avg Pts Against 70.4 69.2
Massey 14.2 (#33) 11.6 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 2.88 (#24) 1.69 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.81 (#24) 2.74 (#52)
RPI 0.663 (#6) 0.594 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR NU
FG% 48.6% 45.3%
3PT% 39.6% 32.9%
REB / G 33.1 35.4
OREB / G 9.4 11.1
AST / TO 1.54 1.61
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 50.4%
TOV% 17.0% 13.9%
ORB% 30.5% 31.4%
FT Rate 27.9% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 21.6%
DRB% 68.3% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 23.2%

Game Analysis

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