In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · February 17, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MD -10.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money MD -450 / NEB +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +14 114 Won
Massey MD -11.0 (+3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.6 (-21.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MD -10.5 (+3.5) 135.2 (-21.2) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MD -8.8 (+5.2) 135.4 (-21.4) 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MD -10.6 (+3.4) 136.3 (-22.3) 83% ✓
Baseline ML MD -10.0 (+4.0) 135.9 (-21.9) 84% ✓

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 26, 2026 NEB 74 – 61 MD
Feb 14, 2025 MD 83 – 75 NEB
Jan 19, 2025 MD 69 – 66 NEB
Jan 27, 2024 MD 73 – 51 NEB
Feb 19, 2023 NEB 70 – 66 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD NEB
Overall 17-14 7-20
Conference 9-11 3-16
Home 11-6 6-9
Away 4-6 1-10
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 67.8 68.4
Avg Pts Against 65.9 74.6
Massey 11.5 (#34) 3.0 (#124)
Bradley-Terry 2.11 (#43) -0.12 (#180)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.94 (#31) -0.10 (#172)
RPI 0.586 (#40) 0.476 (#207)
Shooting & Four Factors MD NEB
FG% 45.0% 39.9%
3PT% 34.8% 31.0%
REB / G 33.2 37.2
OREB / G 7.0 10.3
AST / TO 1.16 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 46.1%
TOV% 16.7% 19.2%
ORB% 22.0% 25.9%
FT Rate 22.8% 22.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 19.1%
DRB% 74.5% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 21.7%

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