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Butler Bulldogs
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FINAL Neutral Indy Classic
Northwestern Wildcats
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · December 20, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BUT -3.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money BUT -192 / NU +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUT win
Actual BUT +3 119 Won
Massey BUT -2.1 (+0.9)
Massey Totals 160.7 (-41.7)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 89%
Efficiency Plus ML BUT -4.4 (-1.4) 157.1 (-38.1) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML BUT -4.3 (-1.3) 155.2 (-36.2) 69%
Baseline ML BUT -4.3 (-1.3) 155.3 (-36.3) 65%
Baseline Plus ML BUT -4.7 (-1.7) 154.8 (-35.8) 68%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 29, 2024 BUT 7169 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUT NU
Overall 16-16 15-19
Conference 7-13 5-15
Home 10-7 9-8
Away 3-8 3-8
Neutral 3-1 3-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.4 73.1
Avg Pts Against 77.5 72.0
Massey 11.5 (#47) 9.5 (#67)
Bradley-Terry 2.05 (#54) 0.72 (#125)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.95 (#50) 0.87 (#122)
RPI 0.578 (#63) 0.529 (#121)
Shooting & Four Factors BUT NU
FG% 47.6% 50.5%
3PT% 37.1% 33.3%
REB / G 42.1 34.6
OREB / G 14.5 9.9
AST / TO 1.43 1.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 56.1%
TOV% 16.0% 13.9%
ORB% 39.1% 32.0%
FT Rate 30.3% 31.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 17.1%
DRB% 68.9% 66.2%
Opp FT Rate 16.4% 25.8%

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