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Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · February 15, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MD -3.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money MD -150 / MINN +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +13 131 Won
Massey MD -2.1 (+10.9) — —
Massey Totals — 142.8 (-11.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 49% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 44% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MD -2.5 (+10.5) 138.0 (-7.0) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MD -2.1 (+10.9) 138.6 (-7.6) 63% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MD -2.7 (+10.3) 139.5 (-8.5) 63% ✓
Baseline ML MD -2.8 (+10.2) 138.7 (-7.7) 63% ✓

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 8, 2026 MD 67 – 62 MINN
Jan 13, 2025 MD 77 – 71 MINN
Jan 7, 2024 MINN 65 – 62 MD
Mar 10, 2023 MD 70 – 54 MINN
Feb 23, 2023 MD 88 – 70 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD MINN
Overall 17-14 14-15
Conference 9-11 6-14
Home 11-6 13-4
Away 4-6 0-10
Neutral 2-2 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.8 72.5
Avg Pts Against 65.9 73.2
Massey 11.0 (#42) 11.4 (#34)
Bradley-Terry 1.99 (#48) 2.49 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.78 (#35) 3.52 (#15)
RPI 0.581 (#48) 0.577 (#52)
Shooting & Four Factors MD MINN
FG% 44.6% 40.7%
3PT% 34.0% 29.4%
REB / G 33.0 37.6
OREB / G 7.1 11.7
AST / TO 1.14 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 46.8%
TOV% 16.6% 15.2%
ORB% 21.8% 29.5%
FT Rate 23.2% 28.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 18.8%
DRB% 74.8% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.2% 23.6%

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