He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
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%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -11.8 (+1.2) 138.3 (+10.7) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -10.2 (+2.8) 139.8 (+9.2) 85%
Baseline ML PUR -10.0 (+3.0) 141.7 (+7.3) 85%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -10.3 (+2.7) 141.1 (+7.9) 84%

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 7066 NU
Jan 5, 2025 PUR 7961 NU
Jan 31, 2024 PUR 10596 NU
Dec 2, 2023 NU 9288 PUR
Feb 12, 2023 NU 6458 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%

Game Analysis

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