Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Big Ten Conference · Breslin Center · February 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money MSU -800 / IU +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSU win
Actual IU +4 138 Lost
Massey MSU -10.6 (-14.6)
Massey Totals 148.2 (-10.2)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 92%
Efficiency Plus ML MSU -11.3 (-15.3) 147.3 (-9.3) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -10.5 (-14.5) 144.7 (-6.7) 84%
Baseline ML MSU -10.4 (-14.4) 144.9 (-6.9) 80%
Baseline Plus ML MSU -11.6 (-15.6) 145.9 (-7.9) 84%

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 MSU 7764 IU
Jan 14, 2026 MSU 8160 IU
Mar 10, 2024 IU 6564 MSU
Feb 22, 2023 MSU 8065 IU
Jan 22, 2023 IU 8269 MSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSU IU
Overall 30-7 19-13
Conference 17-3 10-10
Home 15-1 14-4
Away 8-2 4-6
Neutral 7-4 1-3
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.7 74.7
Avg Pts Against 67.1 72.0
Massey 17.6 (#18) 10.2 (#58)
Bradley-Terry 3.10 (#14) 1.69 (#54)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.98 (#14) 2.23 (#55)
RPI 0.629 (#16) 0.573 (#56)
Shooting & Four Factors MSU IU
FG% 46.9% 46.3%
3PT% 29.3% 32.2%
REB / G 40.7 37.4
OREB / G 12.1 11.2
AST / TO 1.47 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 51.6%
TOV% 17.4% 17.4%
ORB% 37.1% 32.4%
FT Rate 31.8% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 50.0%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 15.9%
DRB% 74.2% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 20.0%

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