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Wisconsin Badgers
70 63
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten Conference · Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · March 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WIS -8.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money WIS -425 / NU +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total WIS win
Actual WIS +7 133 Won
Massey WIS -5.9 (+1.1)
Massey Totals 142.9 (-9.9)
Bradley-Terry 78%
Weighted B-T 81%
Efficiency Plus ML WIS -6.2 (+0.8) 141.2 (-8.2) 77%
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -6.5 (+0.5) 140.8 (-7.8) 76%
Baseline ML WIS -5.8 (+1.2) 140.5 (-7.5) 78%
Baseline Plus ML WIS -5.8 (+1.2) 141.1 (-8.1) 76%

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
Feb 1, 2025 WIS 7569 NU
Mar 15, 2024 WIS 7061 NU
Jan 13, 2024 WIS 7163 NU
Feb 5, 2023 NU 5452 WIS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WIS NU
Overall 27-10 17-16
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 14-3 12-5
Away 6-5 2-9
Neutral 7-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.1 72.4
Avg Pts Against 70.9 69.2
Massey 17.3 (#18) 11.5 (#51)
Bradley-Terry 2.79 (#23) 1.52 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.74 (#15) 2.32 (#54)
RPI 0.599 (#27) 0.540 (#98)
Shooting & Four Factors WIS NU
FG% 46.0% 44.3%
3PT% 35.0% 33.5%
REB / G 36.4 33.7
OREB / G 9.4 10.9
AST / TO 1.49 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.3% 50.0%
TOV% 14.3% 14.7%
ORB% 28.2% 31.1%
FT Rate 28.1% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 19.9%
DRB% 73.7% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 27.2%

Game Analysis

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