They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
(2) Purdue Boilermakers
79 69
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(7) Miami Hurricanes
Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 22, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -8.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money PUR -380 / MIA +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +10 148 Won
Massey PUR -6.8 (+3.2)
Massey Totals 150.8 (-2.8)
Bradley-Terry 68%
Weighted B-T 73%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -6.5 (+3.5) 146.9 (+1.1) 70%
Model 4 ML PUR -9.8 (+0.2) 142.6 (+5.4) 79%
Model 3 ML PUR -7.3 (+2.7) 147.4 (+0.6) 79%
Baseline ML PUR -7.1 (+2.9) 148.1 (-0.1) 73%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 8, 2020 MIA 5854 PUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR MIA
Overall 30-9 26-9
Conference 13-7 13-5
Home 12-5 15-3
Away 8-3 8-2
Neutral 10-1 3-4
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.6 81.5
Avg Pts Against 70.5 71.3
Massey 22.5 (#8) 15.7 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 3.57 (#10) 2.81 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.60 (#7) 3.58 (#21)
RPI 0.620 (#17) 0.573 (#44)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR MIA
FG% 50.3% 49.9%
3PT% 38.5% 35.1%
REB / G 35.6 37.6
OREB / G 11.4 12.4
AST / TO 2.24 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.1% 55.5%
TOV% 13.6% 16.1%
ORB% 36.8% 37.1%
FT Rate 21.0% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 18.2%
DRB% 73.7% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 18.3% 20.5%

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