And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · February 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WIS -4.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money NU +155 / WIS -185
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual WIS +6 144 Lost
Massey WIS -3.1 (-2.9)
Massey Totals 146.0 (-2.0)
Bradley-Terry 28%
Weighted B-T 22%
Efficiency Plus ML WIS -1.1 (-4.9) 145.3 (-1.3) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -2.3 (-3.7) 145.2 (-1.2) 40%
Baseline ML WIS -2.3 (-3.7) 145.8 (-1.8) 41%
Baseline Plus ML WIS -2.5 (-3.5) 147.0 (-3.0) 44%

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 4, 2025 WIS 8573 NU
Mar 13, 2025 WIS 7063 NU
Mar 15, 2024 WIS 7061 NU
Jan 13, 2024 WIS 7163 NU
Feb 5, 2023 NU 5452 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU WIS
Overall 17-16 27-10
Conference 7-13 13-7
Home 12-5 14-3
Away 2-9 6-5
Neutral 3-2 7-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 80.1
Avg Pts Against 69.2 70.9
Massey 10.9 (#54) 17.2 (#20)
Bradley-Terry 1.35 (#73) 2.86 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.06 (#66) 3.99 (#19)
RPI 0.547 (#89) 0.625 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors NU WIS
FG% 44.3% 46.7%
3PT% 33.1% 36.1%
REB / G 34.3 35.8
OREB / G 11.1 9.1
AST / TO 1.47 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 55.2%
TOV% 14.7% 14.9%
ORB% 31.2% 28.3%
FT Rate 23.8% 30.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.9% 47.6%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 15.5%
DRB% 70.5% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.2% 21.4%

Game Analysis

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