Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · February 21, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -4.5 Away covered
O/U 130.5 Under
Money RUTG -175 / MD +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual MD +9 127 Lost
Massey RUTG -4.1 (-13.1) — —
Massey Totals — 130.7 (-3.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -4.8 (-13.8) 129.8 (-2.8) 69% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RUTG -3.0 (-12.0) 128.3 (-1.3) 64% ✗
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -4.4 (-13.4) 131.8 (-4.8) 70% ✗
Baseline ML RUTG -5.0 (-14.0) 131.3 (-4.3) 72% ✗

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 RUTG 69 – 65 MD
Feb 15, 2026 RUTG 68 – 57 MD
Feb 9, 2025 MD 90 – 81 RUTG
Mar 13, 2024 MD 65 – 51 RUTG
Feb 25, 2024 MD 63 – 46 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG MD
Overall 16-12 17-14
Conference 10-10 9-11
Home 10-4 11-6
Away 4-6 4-6
Neutral 2-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.2 67.8
Avg Pts Against 67.6 65.9
Massey 13.2 (#29) 11.4 (#34)
Bradley-Terry 2.37 (#30) 2.14 (#42)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.37 (#18) 2.95 (#30)
RPI 0.584 (#42) 0.577 (#50)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG MD
FG% 45.8% 45.1%
3PT% 32.3% 34.8%
REB / G 35.9 33.5
OREB / G 10.4 7.0
AST / TO 1.31 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 52.5%
TOV% 15.8% 16.6%
ORB% 29.0% 21.8%
FT Rate 17.8% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 16.5%
DRB% 71.0% 75.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 18.0%

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