Free Nelson Mandela! "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · February 18, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MD -10.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money MD -600 / NEB +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +8 150 Won
Massey MD -11.2 (-3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 133.5 (+16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MD -10.5 (-2.5) 133.8 (+16.2) 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MD -9.0 (-1.0) 133.2 (+16.8) 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MD -11.0 (-3.0) 135.1 (+14.9) 84% ✓
Baseline ML MD -10.1 (-2.1) 134.2 (+15.8) 85% ✓

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 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 67.8 68.4
Avg Pts Against 65.9 74.6
Massey 11.5 (#33) 2.8 (#127)
Bradley-Terry 2.13 (#40) -0.17 (#184)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#31) -0.13 (#177)
RPI 0.577 (#51) 0.472 (#215)
Shooting & Four Factors MD NEB
FG% 44.9% 39.5%
3PT% 34.5% 30.8%
REB / G 33.7 36.7
OREB / G 7.0 9.9
AST / TO 1.11 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 45.8%
TOV% 17.1% 19.1%
ORB% 21.9% 24.8%
FT Rate 22.5% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 19.4%
DRB% 75.5% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.1% 21.5%

Game Analysis

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