This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big Ten Conference · Pinnacle Bank Arena · February 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MINN -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money NEB +130 / MINN -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual NEB +4 152 Won
Massey MINN -3.9 (+7.9) — —
Massey Totals — 146.4 (+5.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 7% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -3.1 (+7.1) 144.5 (+7.5) 35% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MINN -2.3 (+6.3) 146.3 (+5.7) 43% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MINN -3.3 (+7.3) 145.6 (+6.4) 40% ✗
Baseline ML MINN -2.6 (+6.6) 143.9 (+8.1) 40% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 NEB 76 – 57 MINN
Mar 1, 2025 MINN 67 – 65 NEB
Feb 25, 2024 NEB 73 – 55 MINN
Dec 7, 2023 MINN 76 – 65 NEB
Mar 9, 2023 MINN 78 – 75 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB MINN
Overall 7-20 14-15
Conference 3-16 6-14
Home 6-9 13-4
Away 1-10 0-10
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 72.5
Avg Pts Against 74.6 73.2
Massey 3.1 (#123) 9.4 (#61)
Bradley-Terry -0.29 (#193) 1.99 (#49)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.17 (#183) 2.89 (#29)
RPI 0.464 (#234) 0.529 (#118)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB MINN
FG% 40.3% 40.2%
3PT% 32.3% 29.0%
REB / G 35.7 36.2
OREB / G 9.0 11.5
AST / TO 0.88 1.29
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.9% 46.1%
TOV% 18.9% 15.5%
ORB% 23.1% 29.2%
FT Rate 20.7% 27.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 19.2%
DRB% 70.8% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 24.8%

Game Analysis

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