Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · January 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -4.0 Away covered
O/U 139.0 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual OSU +11 147 Lost
Massey RUTG -2.5 (-13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 142.6 (+4.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -3.0 (-14.0) 144.4 (+2.6) 65% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RUTG -0.9 (-11.9) 140.3 (+6.7) 55% ✗
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -2.2 (-13.2) 144.1 (+2.9) 58% ✗
Baseline ML RUTG -2.6 (-13.6) 144.6 (+2.4) 58% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 3, 2026 OSU 80 – 73 RUTG
Dec 7, 2024 OSU 80 – 66 RUTG
Mar 10, 2024 OSU 73 – 51 RUTG
Jan 4, 2024 OSU 76 – 72 RUTG
Jan 15, 2023 RUTG 68 – 64 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG OSU
Overall 16-12 21-10
Conference 10-10 12-8
Home 10-4 10-4
Away 4-6 7-4
Neutral 2-2 4-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.2 77.2
Avg Pts Against 67.6 71.1
Massey 10.7 (#41) 11.4 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 2.46 (#26) 2.17 (#41)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.62 (#26) 3.43 (#31)
RPI 0.628 (#20) 0.604 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG OSU
FG% 47.2% 43.6%
3PT% 38.4% 31.2%
REB / G 37.2 38.5
OREB / G 10.7 12.4
AST / TO 1.50 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 49.6%
TOV% 15.2% 14.4%
ORB% 29.1% 34.7%
FT Rate 19.3% 30.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 18.0%
DRB% 72.0% 72.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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