The tide is high, but I'm holding on. "The Tide is High" - Blondie
UCLA Bruins
66 73
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 14, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -7.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money UCLA +270 / PUR -340
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCLA win
Actual PUR +7 139 Lost
Massey PUR -7.0 (-0.0)
Massey Totals 147.2 (-8.2)
Bradley-Terry 32%
Weighted B-T 25%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -3.2 (-3.8) 141.9 (-2.9) 36%
Model 4 ML PUR -3.0 (-4.0) 140.5 (-1.5) 31%
Model 3 ML PUR -2.0 (-5.0) 143.0 (-4.0) 42%
Baseline ML PUR -2.7 (-4.3) 143.8 (-4.8) 46%

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 21, 2026 UCLA 6967 PUR
Mar 1, 2025 PUR 7666 UCLA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCLA PUR
Overall 24-12 30-9
Conference 13-7 13-7
Home 17-1 12-5
Away 4-6 8-3
Neutral 3-5 10-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.1 81.6
Avg Pts Against 71.1 70.5
Massey 14.8 (#34) 21.7 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 2.55 (#31) 3.31 (#13)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#33) 4.29 (#12)
RPI 0.587 (#36) 0.615 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors UCLA PUR
FG% 46.9% 49.9%
3PT% 37.9% 38.2%
REB / G 32.7 35.6
OREB / G 10.1 11.4
AST / TO 1.80 2.20
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 57.7%
TOV% 13.5% 13.7%
ORB% 31.4% 36.5%
FT Rate 25.6% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 15.9%
DRB% 68.3% 73.8%
Opp FT Rate 26.1% 19.2%

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