Somehow I stayed thin, while the other guys got fat "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · January 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -9.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PUR -600 / OSU +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual OSU +3 143 Lost
Massey PUR -7.2 (-10.2)
Massey Totals 146.6 (-3.6)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 92%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -8.3 (-11.3) 138.7 (+4.3) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -7.5 (-10.5) 142.2 (+0.8) 79%
Baseline ML PUR -7.7 (-10.7) 142.9 (+0.1) 74%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -7.5 (-10.5) 141.7 (+1.3) 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

Mar 1, 2026 OSU 8274 PUR
Feb 18, 2024 OSU 7369 PUR
Mar 11, 2023 PUR 8066 OSU
Feb 19, 2023 PUR 8255 OSU
Jan 6, 2023 PUR 7169 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR OSU
Overall 24-12 17-15
Conference 13-7 9-11
Home 14-2 11-6
Away 5-6 4-7
Neutral 5-4 2-2
Last 5 5-0 1-4
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 70.4 73.5
Massey 18.2 (#15) 14.5 (#32)
Bradley-Terry 3.62 (#9) 1.69 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.50 (#9) 2.85 (#39)
RPI 0.684 (#3) 0.570 (#62)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR OSU
FG% 49.0% 48.1%
3PT% 38.5% 37.2%
REB / G 33.3 35.3
OREB / G 9.3 9.2
AST / TO 1.55 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 54.8%
TOV% 16.6% 15.7%
ORB% 30.0% 28.4%
FT Rate 26.8% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 45.4%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 17.2%
DRB% 70.3% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 30.0%

Game Analysis

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