I just keep on rolling along with the grace of the Lord above. "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Ohio State Buckeyes
79 – 75
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Big Ten Conference · Lucas Oil Stadium (Neutral) · March 11, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money OSU -600 / MINN +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +4 154 Won
Massey OSU -7.8 (-3.8) — —
Massey Totals — 149.9 (+4.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -6.9 (-2.9) 145.8 (+8.2) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OSU -4.8 (-0.8) 143.0 (+11.0) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML OSU -5.8 (-1.8) 146.1 (+7.9) 71% ✓
Baseline ML OSU -6.2 (-2.2) 144.1 (+9.9) 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

Jan 20, 2026 OSU 82 – 74 MINN
Jan 7, 2025 OSU 89 – 88 MINN
Feb 23, 2024 MINN 88 – 79 OSU
Dec 3, 2023 OSU 84 – 74 MINN
Jan 12, 2023 MINN 70 – 67 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU MINN
Overall 21-10 14-15
Conference 12-8 6-14
Home 10-4 13-4
Away 7-4 0-10
Neutral 4-2 1-1
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 72.5
Avg Pts Against 71.1 73.2
Massey 16.3 (#9) 8.5 (#64)
Bradley-Terry 2.78 (#12) 1.65 (#60)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.90 (#7) 2.44 (#48)
RPI 0.594 (#23) 0.508 (#152)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU MINN
FG% 46.0% 39.4%
3PT% 36.1% 28.5%
REB / G 35.9 36.6
OREB / G 9.7 11.6
AST / TO 1.21 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 45.2%
TOV% 15.4% 15.6%
ORB% 29.4% 29.0%
FT Rate 29.0% 27.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 19.1%
DRB% 73.4% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 23.5%

Game Analysis

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