They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Purdue Boilermakers
93 64
FINAL Conference
Indiana Hoosiers
Big Ten Conference · Mackey Arena · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -11.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money PUR -800 / IU +550
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +29 157 Won
Massey PUR -9.5 (+19.5)
Massey Totals 152.2 (+4.8)
Bradley-Terry 88%
Weighted B-T 94%
Efficiency Plus ML PUR -11.5 (+17.5) 149.2 (+7.8) 84%
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -11.4 (+17.6) 150.2 (+6.8) 85%
Baseline ML PUR -11.2 (+17.8) 151.6 (+5.4) 86%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -12.2 (+16.8) 149.3 (+7.7) 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

Jan 28, 2026 IU 7267 PUR
Feb 23, 2025 IU 7358 PUR
Feb 1, 2025 PUR 8176 IU
Feb 11, 2024 PUR 7959 IU
Jan 17, 2024 PUR 8766 IU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR IU
Overall 30-9 18-14
Conference 13-7 9-11
Home 12-5 14-4
Away 8-3 3-8
Neutral 10-1 1-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 81.6 78.2
Avg Pts Against 70.5 72.2
Massey 22.0 (#9) 15.5 (#31)
Bradley-Terry 3.77 (#10) 2.29 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.79 (#10) 2.62 (#49)
RPI 0.641 (#10) 0.583 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR IU
FG% 49.7% 47.0%
3PT% 37.5% 34.8%
REB / G 36.7 34.0
OREB / G 11.4 8.8
AST / TO 2.13 1.70
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.3% 55.9%
TOV% 13.8% 14.8%
ORB% 35.8% 28.1%
FT Rate 21.4% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 47.1%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 15.3%
DRB% 73.4% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 27.8%

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