Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · January 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -2.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money RUTG +135 / PUR -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual PUR +18 118 Lost
Massey PUR -4.9 (-13.1) — —
Massey Totals — 153.8 (-35.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -3.8 (-14.2) 148.5 (-30.5) 34% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -3.9 (-14.1) 148.2 (-30.2) 25% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -4.8 (-13.2) 147.8 (-29.8) 30% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -4.1 (-13.9) 148.5 (-30.5) 35% ✓

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 3, 2025 PUR 81 – 65 RUTG
Mar 5, 2025 PUR 100 – 71 RUTG
Feb 23, 2024 PUR 96 – 68 RUTG
Jan 28, 2024 PUR 68 – 60 RUTG
Mar 10, 2023 PUR 70 – 65 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG PUR
Overall 15-17 24-12
Conference 8-12 13-7
Home 11-5 14-2
Away 3-8 5-6
Neutral 1-4 5-4
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 77.2
Avg Pts Against 77.6 70.4
Massey 6.1 (#83) 15.0 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 0.88 (#102) 2.94 (#24)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.45 (#90) 3.87 (#24)
RPI 0.554 (#85) 0.667 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG PUR
FG% 45.2% 48.8%
3PT% 32.7% 39.6%
REB / G 36.9 33.3
OREB / G 11.0 9.4
AST / TO 1.29 1.52
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 56.7%
TOV% 14.7% 17.0%
ORB% 29.9% 30.7%
FT Rate 25.8% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 16.9%
DRB% 69.6% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 19.0%

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