Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Northwestern Wildcats
76 – 79 2OT
FINAL Conference
Indiana Hoosiers
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · February 10, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread IU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money NU +150 / IU -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual IU +3 155 Lost
Massey IU -2.4 (-0.6) — —
Massey Totals — 140.7 (+14.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IU -0.8 (-2.2) 141.7 (+13.3) 45% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IU -1.1 (-1.9) 142.1 (+12.9) 44% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IU -0.8 (-2.2) 143.9 (+11.1) 43% ✓
Baseline ML IU -0.6 (-2.4) 140.6 (+14.4) 43% ✓

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 11, 2026 NU 74 – 61 IU
Feb 25, 2026 NU 72 – 68 IU
Jan 23, 2025 NU 79 – 70 IU
Feb 18, 2024 NU 76 – 72 IU
Feb 16, 2023 NU 64 – 62 IU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU IU
Overall 9-15 12-15
Conference 6-13 7-12
Home 7-6 6-6
Away 2-8 3-7
Neutral 0-1 3-2
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 69.0 69.7
Avg Pts Against 71.0 69.4
Massey 7.9 (#75) 12.8 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 1.11 (#86) 1.93 (#51)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.04 (#65) 2.88 (#33)
RPI 0.494 (#183) 0.539 (#105)
Shooting & Four Factors NU IU
FG% 44.8% 45.0%
3PT% 35.4% 34.7%
REB / G 32.3 35.1
OREB / G 6.5 8.6
AST / TO 1.42 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 50.5%
TOV% 16.0% 16.7%
ORB% 19.2% 24.4%
FT Rate 21.4% 26.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.1% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 18.0%
DRB% 74.4% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 24.5%

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