They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Princeton Tigers
71 – 67
FINAL Conference
Columbia Lions
Ivy League · Jadwin Gymnasium · January 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PRIN -6.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money PRIN -300 / COLU +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total PRIN win
Actual PRIN +4 138 Won
Massey PRIN -5.9 (-1.9) — —
Massey Totals — 157.7 (-19.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PRIN -6.9 (-2.9) 152.8 (-14.8) 77% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PRIN -6.0 (-2.0) 150.6 (-12.6) 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PRIN -5.2 (-1.2) 151.7 (-13.7) 75% ✓
Baseline ML PRIN -5.8 (-1.8) 151.1 (-13.1) 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

Feb 14, 2026 COLU 75 – 65 PRIN
Jan 31, 2026 PRIN 80 – 68 COLU
Mar 1, 2025 PRIN 73 – 68 COLU
Mar 2, 2024 PRIN 84 – 70 COLU
Jan 20, 2024 PRIN 70 – 62 COLU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PRIN COLU
Overall 19-11 12-15
Conference 8-6 1-13
Home 9-4 9-6
Away 7-4 3-9
Neutral 3-3 0-0
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L7
Avg Pts For 72.1 77.1
Avg Pts Against 72.4 80.6
Massey 1.3 (#147) -1.1 (#176)
Bradley-Terry 1.15 (#86) 0.20 (#164)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.91 (#107) -0.01 (#178)
RPI 0.562 (#72) 0.486 (#197)
Shooting & Four Factors PRIN COLU
FG% 45.7% 48.9%
3PT% 37.7% 38.3%
REB / G 33.1 34.0
OREB / G 8.7 9.3
AST / TO 1.44 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 57.0%
TOV% 15.3% 16.8%
ORB% 25.2% 29.2%
FT Rate 20.2% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.7% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 17.1%
DRB% 74.3% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 17.0%

Game Analysis

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