In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · December 30, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -3.0 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money RUTG -130 / PUR +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual RUTG +5 157 Won
Massey RUTG -8.3 (-3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 141.2 (+15.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -6.6 (-1.6) 142.4 (+14.6) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RUTG -4.6 (+0.4) 138.4 (+18.6) 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -6.4 (-1.4) 143.8 (+13.2) 77% ✓
Baseline ML RUTG -5.8 (-0.8) 143.7 (+13.3) 76% ✓

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 3, 2025 PUR 81 – 65 RUTG
Mar 5, 2025 PUR 100 – 71 RUTG
Jan 9, 2025 PUR 68 – 50 RUTG
Feb 23, 2024 PUR 96 – 68 RUTG
Jan 28, 2024 PUR 68 – 60 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG PUR
Overall 16-12 18-10
Conference 10-10 13-6
Home 10-4 11-1
Away 4-6 5-6
Neutral 2-2 2-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.2 71.0
Avg Pts Against 67.6 66.7
Massey 13.3 (#22) 9.1 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 3.39 (#10) 1.86 (#53)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.04 (#10) 2.97 (#54)
RPI 0.704 (#7) 0.605 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG PUR
FG% 49.8% 46.5%
3PT% 37.2% 38.7%
REB / G 39.6 37.3
OREB / G 10.7 10.7
AST / TO 1.45 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 54.3%
TOV% 16.2% 20.5%
ORB% 30.5% 33.2%
FT Rate 22.2% 18.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 17.6%
DRB% 72.9% 78.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 21.8%

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