Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Welsh-Ryan Arena · December 30, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NU -19.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money NU -3200 / HOW +1400
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +20 140 Won
Massey NU -19.8 (+0.2)
Massey Totals 143.3 (-3.3)
Bradley-Terry 87%
Weighted B-T 94%
Efficiency Plus ML NU -19.8 (+0.2) 140.7 (-0.7) 90%
Baseline Tuned ML NU -16.6 (+3.4) 140.4 (-0.4) 89%
Baseline ML NU -17.4 (+2.6) 141.3 (-1.3) 88%
Baseline Plus ML NU -19.0 (+1.0) 139.2 (+0.8) 88%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU HOW
Overall 15-19 24-11
Conference 5-15 11-3
Home 9-8 11-4
Away 3-8 7-6
Neutral 3-3 6-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.1 75.5
Avg Pts Against 72.0 69.4
Massey 9.6 (#66) -6.1 (#260)
Bradley-Terry 0.64 (#128) -0.57 (#229)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.85 (#123) -1.26 (#250)
RPI 0.523 (#130) 0.480 (#213)
Shooting & Four Factors NU HOW
FG% 49.1% 41.7%
3PT% 31.8% 34.3%
REB / G 34.7 32.9
OREB / G 9.8 10.6
AST / TO 1.94 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.5% 47.4%
TOV% 13.8% 19.7%
ORB% 31.2% 30.4%
FT Rate 29.5% 30.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.1% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 21.3%
DRB% 66.2% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 27.9%

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