And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · February 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MD -8.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money MD -425 / RUTG +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +9 171 Won
Massey MD -14.0 (-5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 153.5 (+17.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MD -12.2 (-3.2) 152.0 (+19.0) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MD -11.4 (-2.4) 151.6 (+19.4) 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MD -11.9 (-2.9) 151.9 (+19.1) 87% ✓
Baseline ML MD -11.8 (-2.8) 151.7 (+19.3) 86% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 1, 2026 RUTG 69 – 65 MD
Feb 15, 2026 RUTG 68 – 57 MD
Mar 13, 2024 MD 65 – 51 RUTG
Feb 25, 2024 MD 63 – 46 RUTG
Feb 6, 2024 RUTG 56 – 53 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD RUTG
Overall 27-9 15-17
Conference 14-6 8-12
Home 17-2 11-5
Away 5-5 3-8
Neutral 5-2 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.1 77.0
Avg Pts Against 67.2 77.6
Massey 19.6 (#12) 8.7 (#67)
Bradley-Terry 2.51 (#36) 1.46 (#68)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.62 (#21) 2.24 (#54)
RPI 0.587 (#44) 0.556 (#74)
Shooting & Four Factors MD RUTG
FG% 48.1% 44.2%
3PT% 36.7% 33.3%
REB / G 37.0 36.4
OREB / G 11.0 11.5
AST / TO 1.46 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.7% 50.3%
TOV% 14.7% 15.2%
ORB% 32.4% 31.2%
FT Rate 23.5% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 17.3%
DRB% 73.4% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 21.0%

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