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Northwestern Wildcats
76 74 OT
FINAL Conference
Maryland Terrapins
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MD -2.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money NU +115 / MD -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +2 150 Won
Massey MD -4.5 (+6.5)
Massey Totals 141.3 (+8.7)
Bradley-Terry 48%
Weighted B-T 48%
Efficiency Plus ML MD -1.9 (+3.9) 140.1 (+9.9) 56%
Baseline Tuned ML MD -2.6 (+4.6) 142.5 (+7.5) 40%
Baseline ML MD -2.5 (+4.5) 144.0 (+6.0) 41%
Baseline Plus ML MD -2.7 (+4.7) 144.1 (+5.9) 44%

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 19, 2026 NU 7874 MD
Mar 8, 2025 MD 7461 NU
Feb 29, 2024 NU 6861 MD
Jan 18, 2024 NU 7269 MD
Feb 26, 2023 MD 7559 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU MD
Overall 17-16 27-9
Conference 7-13 14-6
Home 12-5 17-2
Away 2-9 5-5
Neutral 3-2 5-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 81.1
Avg Pts Against 69.2 67.2
Massey 10.3 (#55) 18.6 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 1.34 (#71) 2.08 (#45)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.09 (#62) 2.94 (#43)
RPI 0.560 (#70) 0.560 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors NU MD
FG% 44.2% 49.5%
3PT% 31.5% 36.2%
REB / G 34.8 37.2
OREB / G 11.4 11.1
AST / TO 1.50 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 56.2%
TOV% 14.5% 14.5%
ORB% 31.7% 33.0%
FT Rate 24.7% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 21.0% 22.4%
DRB% 72.9% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 18.4%

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