Don't you understand that's not my problem? "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Big Ten Conference · The Palestra · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PSU -7.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money PSU -360 / IU +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total PSU win
Actual IU +6 148 Lost
Massey PSU -10.6 (-16.6)
Massey Totals 159.0 (-11.0)
Bradley-Terry 71%
Weighted B-T 76%
Efficiency Plus ML PSU -7.4 (-13.4) 153.6 (-5.6) 79%
Baseline Tuned ML PSU -8.5 (-14.5) 153.0 (-5.0) 79%
Baseline ML PSU -8.1 (-14.1) 153.4 (-5.4) 77%
Baseline Plus ML PSU -9.0 (-15.0) 154.3 (-6.3) 79%

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 10, 2025 IU 11372 PSU
Feb 27, 2025 IU 8378 PSU
Mar 15, 2024 IU 6159 PSU
Feb 24, 2024 PSU 8374 IU
Feb 3, 2024 PSU 8571 IU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PSU IU
Overall 16-15 19-13
Conference 6-14 10-10
Home 11-6 14-4
Away 3-8 4-6
Neutral 2-1 1-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak W1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.1 74.7
Avg Pts Against 73.2 72.0
Massey 15.2 (#24) 8.8 (#66)
Bradley-Terry 2.11 (#50) 1.99 (#55)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.91 (#46) 2.61 (#55)
RPI 0.592 (#47) 0.613 (#31)
Shooting & Four Factors PSU IU
FG% 50.4% 48.1%
3PT% 35.3% 32.0%
REB / G 36.8 39.1
OREB / G 11.4 11.3
AST / TO 1.57 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 53.4%
TOV% 16.0% 17.6%
ORB% 33.7% 33.8%
FT Rate 30.6% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 47.9%
Opp TOV% 23.6% 17.1%
DRB% 72.1% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.1% 18.5%

Game Analysis

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