Lights going out, and a kick in the balls. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · February 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MINN -2.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money MINN -150 / PSU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual PSU +9 129 Lost
Massey PSU -0.8 (-8.2)
Massey Totals 142.9 (-13.9)
Bradley-Terry 75%
Weighted B-T 74%
Efficiency Plus ML MINN -1.4 (-10.4) 140.4 (-11.4) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -1.4 (-10.4) 141.2 (-12.2) 61%
Baseline ML MINN -2.0 (-11.0) 142.2 (-13.2) 56%
Baseline Plus ML MINN -1.4 (-10.4) 140.9 (-11.9) 53%

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 1, 2026 PSU 7775 MINN
Feb 5, 2025 MINN 6961 PSU
Mar 2, 2024 MINN 7570 PSU
Jan 27, 2024 MINN 8374 PSU
Feb 19, 2023 PSU 7669 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN PSU
Overall 15-17 16-15
Conference 7-13 6-14
Home 10-9 11-6
Away 5-5 3-8
Neutral 0-3 2-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L3 W1
Avg Pts For 68.1 79.1
Avg Pts Against 69.7 73.2
Massey 6.3 (#87) 10.3 (#58)
Bradley-Terry 1.53 (#63) 0.97 (#92)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.12 (#61) 1.70 (#75)
RPI 0.549 (#86) 0.513 (#157)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN PSU
FG% 44.8% 47.8%
3PT% 32.8% 33.6%
REB / G 33.5 33.7
OREB / G 10.2 9.9
AST / TO 1.46 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 53.9%
TOV% 16.3% 17.1%
ORB% 29.8% 29.7%
FT Rate 21.3% 28.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 20.6%
DRB% 69.3% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 21.1%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.