I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Nebraska Cornhuskers
58 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 13, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -4.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money NEB +160 / PUR -192
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual PUR +16 132 Lost
Massey PUR -2.6 (-13.4)
Massey Totals 143.7 (-11.7)
Bradley-Terry 59%
Weighted B-T 53%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -0.4 (-15.6) 140.5 (-8.5) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -1.2 (-17.2) 140.6 (-8.6) 52%
Baseline ML NEB -1.3 (-17.3) 143.3 (-11.3) 59%
Baseline Plus ML NEB -0.5 (-16.5) 140.9 (-8.9) 52%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 11, 2026 PUR 8077 NEB
Jan 12, 2025 PUR 10468 NEB
Jan 10, 2024 NEB 8872 PUR
Jan 14, 2023 PUR 7355 NEB
Dec 10, 2022 PUR 6562 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB PUR
Overall 28-7 30-9
Conference 15-5 13-7
Home 16-2 12-5
Away 7-3 8-3
Neutral 5-2 10-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 81.6
Avg Pts Against 66.1 70.5
Massey 18.8 (#17) 21.4 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 3.57 (#11) 3.22 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.30 (#12) 4.17 (#14)
RPI 0.617 (#20) 0.615 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB PUR
FG% 46.7% 50.0%
3PT% 35.4% 38.4%
REB / G 35.1 35.5
OREB / G 8.7 11.3
AST / TO 1.85 2.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 57.8%
TOV% 14.4% 13.7%
ORB% 26.2% 36.3%
FT Rate 20.8% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 15.9%
DRB% 72.7% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 19.6%

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