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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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -3.8 (-14.2) 148.5 (-30.5) 34%

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 8165 RUTG
Mar 5, 2025 PUR 10071 RUTG
Feb 23, 2024 PUR 9668 RUTG
Jan 28, 2024 PUR 6860 RUTG
Mar 10, 2023 PUR 7065 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%

Game Analysis

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