Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -10.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money MINN +425 / MICH -700
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual MINN +3 165 Won
Massey MICH -14.6 (+17.6) — —
Massey Totals — 143.6 (+21.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 12% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -13.7 (+16.7) 144.5 (+20.5) 15% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -9.7 (+12.7) 144.6 (+20.4) 22% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MICH -11.2 (+14.2) 143.4 (+21.6) 19% ✗
Baseline ML MICH -14.5 (+17.5) 146.4 (+18.6) 17% ✗

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 25, 2026 MICH 77 – 67 MINN
Jan 5, 2024 MINN 73 – 71 MICH
Jan 22, 2023 MICH 60 – 56 MINN
Dec 9, 2022 MICH 90 – 75 MINN
Dec 11, 2021 MINN 75 – 65 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN MICH
Overall 15-17 27-10
Conference 7-13 14-6
Home 10-9 13-3
Away 5-5 7-3
Neutral 0-3 7-4
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 68.1 78.0
Avg Pts Against 69.7 71.5
Massey 2.4 (#120) 20.7 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 0.17 (#156) 2.86 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.50 (#130) 4.34 (#18)
RPI 0.496 (#180) 0.655 (#11)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN MICH
FG% 44.2% 51.9%
3PT% 32.3% 37.8%
REB / G 34.4 38.9
OREB / G 10.4 10.9
AST / TO 1.45 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 60.4%
TOV% 16.2% 20.7%
ORB% 29.4% 35.8%
FT Rate 21.5% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 44.7%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 18.3%
DRB% 70.5% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 20.6%

Game Analysis

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