He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · January 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MD -15.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money MD -2000 / MINN +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +6 148 Won
Massey MD -22.0 (-16.0)
Massey Totals 136.9 (+11.1)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML MD -15.5 (-9.5) 139.7 (+8.3) 90%
Baseline Tuned ML MD -16.0 (-10.0) 142.1 (+5.9) 90%
Baseline ML MD -17.1 (-11.1) 142.8 (+5.2) 90%
Baseline Plus ML MD -17.3 (-11.3) 141.2 (+6.8) 90%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 8, 2026 MD 6762 MINN
Jan 7, 2024 MINN 6562 MD
Mar 10, 2023 MD 7054 MINN
Feb 23, 2023 MD 8870 MINN
Feb 5, 2023 MD 8146 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD MINN
Overall 27-9 15-17
Conference 14-6 7-13
Home 17-2 10-9
Away 5-5 5-5
Neutral 5-2 0-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 81.1 68.1
Avg Pts Against 67.2 69.7
Massey 19.5 (#13) 1.3 (#141)
Bradley-Terry 2.11 (#49) 0.17 (#157)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.00 (#41) 0.51 (#131)
RPI 0.559 (#71) 0.490 (#188)
Shooting & Four Factors MD MINN
FG% 49.7% 44.4%
3PT% 36.4% 31.5%
REB / G 37.6 34.4
OREB / G 11.4 10.5
AST / TO 1.54 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 50.2%
TOV% 14.5% 15.8%
ORB% 33.9% 29.6%
FT Rate 22.9% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 16.8%
DRB% 73.8% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 22.6%

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