He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · January 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -8.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PUR -400 / NEB +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +36 172 Won
Massey PUR -6.4 (+29.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.0 (+32.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -5.9 (+30.1) 139.3 (+32.7) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -6.7 (+29.3) 139.8 (+32.2) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -6.1 (+29.9) 139.9 (+32.1) 72% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -6.2 (+29.8) 139.8 (+32.2) 74% ✓

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 13, 2026 PUR 74 – 58 NEB
Feb 11, 2026 PUR 80 – 77 NEB
Jan 10, 2024 NEB 88 – 72 PUR
Jan 14, 2023 PUR 73 – 55 NEB
Dec 10, 2022 PUR 65 – 62 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR NEB
Overall 24-12 21-14
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 14-2 10-6
Away 5-6 5-7
Neutral 5-4 6-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 77.2 76.0
Avg Pts Against 70.4 72.6
Massey 15.8 (#23) 13.3 (#36)
Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#19) 2.76 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.01 (#22) 3.67 (#27)
RPI 0.675 (#5) 0.638 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR NEB
FG% 48.9% 46.3%
3PT% 38.1% 34.3%
REB / G 33.4 37.3
OREB / G 9.3 9.4
AST / TO 1.56 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 52.8%
TOV% 16.7% 17.4%
ORB% 30.2% 28.3%
FT Rate 27.0% 30.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.1% 46.5%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 20.0%
DRB% 68.5% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 18.9% 20.8%

Game Analysis

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