You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Big Ten Conference · Bryce Jordan Center · January 22, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money PSU +150 / RUTG -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total PSU win
Actual PSU +8 142 Won
Massey PSU -3.7 (+4.3) — —
Massey Totals — 149.7 (-7.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 45% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PSU -2.7 (+5.3) 145.8 (-3.8) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PSU -3.4 (+4.6) 144.3 (-2.3) 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PSU -2.8 (+5.2) 148.8 (-6.8) 67% ✓
Baseline ML PSU -2.4 (+5.6) 144.6 (-2.6) 61% ✓

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 8, 2026 RUTG 74 – 62 PSU
Feb 18, 2026 RUTG 85 – 72 PSU
Jan 20, 2025 PSU 80 – 72 RUTG
Dec 11, 2024 RUTG 80 – 76 PSU
Feb 1, 2024 PSU 61 – 46 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PSU RUTG
Overall 11-14 16-12
Conference 7-12 10-10
Home 7-5 10-4
Away 3-8 4-6
Neutral 1-1 2-2
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.6 69.2
Avg Pts Against 73.0 67.6
Massey 10.6 (#44) 9.7 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 1.24 (#90) 2.10 (#44)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#57) 3.19 (#33)
RPI 0.560 (#79) 0.574 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors PSU RUTG
FG% 41.9% 46.0%
3PT% 35.8% 34.8%
REB / G 36.7 37.6
OREB / G 13.4 11.2
AST / TO 1.16 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 51.3%
TOV% 15.9% 14.9%
ORB% 33.9% 29.5%
FT Rate 15.6% 16.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 20.1% 18.0%
DRB% 70.4% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 31.8% 23.5%

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