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Purdue Boilermakers
81 – 68
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 12, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -13.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money PUR -1000 / NU +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +13 149 Won
Massey PUR -11.5 (+1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 145.3 (+3.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 88% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -9.2 (+3.8) 139.7 (+9.3) 82% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -9.1 (+3.9) 137.7 (+11.3) 83% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -8.8 (+4.2) 139.5 (+9.5) 80% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -8.9 (+4.1) 141.1 (+7.9) 79% ✓

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 5, 2026 PUR 70 – 66 NU
Jan 5, 2025 PUR 79 – 61 NU
Jan 31, 2024 PUR 105 – 96 NU
Dec 2, 2023 NU 92 – 88 PUR
Feb 12, 2023 NU 64 – 58 PUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR NU
Overall 30-9 15-19
Conference 13-7 5-15
Home 12-5 9-8
Away 8-3 3-8
Neutral 10-1 3-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.6 73.1
Avg Pts Against 70.5 72.0
Massey 21.3 (#9) 9.8 (#62)
Bradley-Terry 3.19 (#18) 1.18 (#82)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.15 (#15) 1.60 (#79)
RPI 0.614 (#22) 0.524 (#121)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR NU
FG% 50.1% 45.9%
3PT% 38.5% 32.8%
REB / G 35.5 30.7
OREB / G 11.2 9.2
AST / TO 2.16 2.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.9% 51.5%
TOV% 13.8% 13.0%
ORB% 35.9% 28.1%
FT Rate 21.0% 25.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 17.6%
DRB% 74.0% 65.7%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 25.9%

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