That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -5.9 (+30.1) 139.3 (+32.7) 72%

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 7458 NEB
Feb 11, 2026 PUR 8077 NEB
Jan 10, 2024 NEB 8872 PUR
Jan 14, 2023 PUR 7355 NEB
Dec 10, 2022 PUR 6562 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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