And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big Ten Conference · Breslin Center · January 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Over
Money MSU -900 / PSU +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSU win
Actual MSU +5 175 Won
Massey MSU -9.0 (-4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 154.7 (+20.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSU -9.8 (-4.8) 153.2 (+21.8) 83% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSU -9.7 (-4.7) 154.0 (+21.0) 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -9.3 (-4.3) 150.8 (+24.2) 83% ✓
Baseline ML MSU -8.8 (-3.8) 150.6 (+24.4) 84% ✓

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 13, 2025 MSU 76 – 72 PSU
Feb 14, 2024 MSU 80 – 72 PSU
Jan 5, 2024 MSU 92 – 61 PSU
Dec 7, 2022 MSU 67 – 58 PSU
Feb 15, 2022 PSU 62 – 58 MSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSU PSU
Overall 30-7 16-15
Conference 17-3 6-14
Home 15-1 11-6
Away 8-2 3-8
Neutral 7-4 2-1
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 W1
Avg Pts For 77.7 79.1
Avg Pts Against 67.1 73.2
Massey 18.0 (#15) 12.8 (#44)
Bradley-Terry 3.52 (#16) 1.60 (#60)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.50 (#15) 2.33 (#58)
RPI 0.641 (#17) 0.560 (#67)
Shooting & Four Factors MSU PSU
FG% 47.8% 48.6%
3PT% 28.9% 33.5%
REB / G 41.1 36.2
OREB / G 12.1 11.1
AST / TO 1.47 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.6% 54.2%
TOV% 17.5% 15.9%
ORB% 36.9% 32.1%
FT Rate 31.9% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.0% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 22.5%
DRB% 74.8% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.1% 21.1%

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