And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · December 17, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -7.0 Push
O/U 133.0 Under
Money PUR -280 / OSU +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +7 127 Won
Massey PUR -5.6 (+1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 145.0 (-18.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 20% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 11% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -2.6 (+4.4) 141.7 (-14.7) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -3.6 (+3.4) 132.6 (-5.6) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -1.7 (+5.3) 141.3 (-14.3) 61% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -2.1 (+4.9) 142.5 (-15.5) 67% ✓

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 1, 2026 OSU 82 – 74 PUR
Jan 22, 2025 OSU 73 – 70 PUR
Feb 18, 2024 OSU 73 – 69 PUR
Mar 11, 2023 PUR 80 – 66 OSU
Feb 19, 2023 PUR 82 – 55 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR OSU
Overall 18-10 21-10
Conference 13-6 12-8
Home 11-1 10-4
Away 5-6 7-4
Neutral 2-3 4-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 71.0 77.2
Avg Pts Against 66.7 71.1
Massey 8.0 (#57) 7.6 (#64)
Bradley-Terry 0.38 (#140) 2.81 (#15)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.57 (#135) 3.93 (#24)
RPI 0.497 (#151) 0.591 (#58)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR OSU
FG% 47.2% 44.2%
3PT% 37.8% 34.9%
REB / G 36.8 38.6
OREB / G 11.2 13.0
AST / TO 1.13 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 50.5%
TOV% 22.3% 13.1%
ORB% 35.8% 35.9%
FT Rate 20.9% 35.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 21.6%
DRB% 80.2% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 20.4%

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