With fingernails that shine like justice, and a voice that is dark like tinted glass. "Short Skirt Long Jacket" - Cake
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · January 17, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -3.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PUR -163 / PSU +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +8 152 Won
Massey PUR -3.0 (+5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 146.1 (+5.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -4.0 (+4.0) 144.5 (+7.5) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -3.7 (+4.3) 137.9 (+14.1) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -4.6 (+3.4) 143.5 (+8.5) 69% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -4.5 (+3.5) 145.3 (+6.7) 74% ✓

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 10, 2026 PUR 93 – 85 PSU
Dec 5, 2024 PSU 81 – 70 PUR
Jan 13, 2024 PUR 95 – 78 PSU
Mar 12, 2023 PUR 67 – 65 PSU
Feb 1, 2023 PUR 80 – 60 PSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR PSU
Overall 18-10 11-14
Conference 13-6 7-12
Home 11-1 7-5
Away 5-6 3-8
Neutral 2-3 1-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.0 72.6
Avg Pts Against 66.7 73.0
Massey 11.5 (#34) 11.3 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 2.34 (#37) 1.52 (#70)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.51 (#33) 2.90 (#46)
RPI 0.597 (#42) 0.585 (#54)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR PSU
FG% 45.7% 44.5%
3PT% 37.4% 37.6%
REB / G 36.7 34.4
OREB / G 10.4 11.7
AST / TO 1.18 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 52.3%
TOV% 20.0% 16.1%
ORB% 31.3% 31.8%
FT Rate 19.7% 15.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 21.0%
DRB% 78.7% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 30.2%

Game Analysis

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