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Michigan Wolverines
72 – 80
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 15, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -4.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money MICH -245 / PUR +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MICH win
Actual PUR +8 152 Lost
Massey MICH -7.5 (-15.5) — —
Massey Totals — 155.1 (-3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -6.2 (-14.2) 147.6 (+4.4) 74% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -4.8 (-12.8) 146.3 (+5.7) 66% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MICH -6.0 (-14.0) 148.8 (+3.2) 72% ✗
Baseline ML MICH -5.9 (-13.9) 146.7 (+5.3) 69% ✗

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 17, 2026 MICH 91 – 80 PUR
Mar 15, 2025 MICH 86 – 68 PUR
Feb 12, 2025 MICH 75 – 73 PUR
Jan 25, 2025 PUR 91 – 64 MICH
Feb 25, 2024 PUR 84 – 76 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MICH PUR
Overall 37-3 30-9
Conference 19-1 13-7
Home 14-1 12-5
Away 11-0 8-3
Neutral 12-2 10-1
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak W6 L1
Avg Pts For 87.3 81.6
Avg Pts Against 69.5 70.5
Massey 29.2 (#1) 21.8 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 5.17 (#2) 3.38 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.64 (#2) 4.35 (#13)
RPI 0.682 (#1) 0.616 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors MICH PUR
FG% 50.7% 49.8%
3PT% 36.2% 38.1%
REB / G 40.2 35.6
OREB / G 11.0 11.4
AST / TO 1.53 2.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.2% 57.7%
TOV% 16.8% 13.8%
ORB% 35.4% 36.7%
FT Rate 28.8% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.4% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 15.7%
DRB% 72.2% 73.8%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 19.1%

Game Analysis

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