And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · February 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -2.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money PUR +124 / MICH -148
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual MICH +11 171 Lost
Massey MICH -5.2 (-5.8) — —
Massey Totals — 157.9 (+13.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 36% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -1.6 (-9.4) 151.6 (+19.4) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -0.5 (-10.5) 152.9 (+18.1) 56% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MICH -2.4 (-8.6) 151.3 (+19.7) 48% ✓
Baseline ML MICH -1.5 (-9.5) 152.4 (+18.6) 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

Mar 15, 2026 PUR 80 – 72 MICH
Mar 15, 2025 MICH 86 – 68 PUR
Feb 12, 2025 MICH 75 – 73 PUR
Jan 25, 2025 PUR 91 – 64 MICH
Feb 25, 2024 PUR 84 – 76 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR MICH
Overall 30-9 37-3
Conference 13-7 19-1
Home 12-5 14-1
Away 8-3 11-0
Neutral 10-1 12-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 W6
Avg Pts For 81.6 87.3
Avg Pts Against 70.5 69.5
Massey 22.3 (#9) 30.5 (#1)
Bradley-Terry 3.91 (#10) 5.02 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.96 (#9) 6.65 (#1)
RPI 0.649 (#7) 0.688 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR MICH
FG% 50.2% 51.4%
3PT% 37.8% 35.4%
REB / G 36.9 41.6
OREB / G 11.3 11.6
AST / TO 2.13 1.59
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.9% 58.9%
TOV% 14.0% 16.4%
ORB% 35.8% 36.6%
FT Rate 21.2% 29.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 43.2%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 16.8%
DRB% 74.0% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 19.9%

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