And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · January 11, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money RUTG +164 / NU -198
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual RUTG +2 152 Won
Massey NU -7.5 (+9.5) — —
Massey Totals — 146.9 (+5.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✗
Baseline Plus ML NU -6.3 (+8.3) 141.4 (+10.6) 36% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -4.7 (+6.7) 140.8 (+11.2) 35% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML NU -4.6 (+6.6) 140.8 (+11.2) 34% ✗
Baseline ML NU -5.7 (+7.7) 142.2 (+9.8) 30% ✗

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 30, 2025 RUTG 79 – 72 NU
Feb 15, 2024 RUTG 63 – 60 NU
Mar 6, 2023 NU 65 – 53 RUTG
Jan 12, 2023 RUTG 65 – 62 NU
Feb 2, 2022 NU 79 – 78 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG NU
Overall 14-20 15-19
Conference 6-14 5-15
Home 10-7 9-8
Away 2-9 3-8
Neutral 2-4 3-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 73.1
Avg Pts Against 75.3 72.0
Massey -1.0 (#183) 9.9 (#61)
Bradley-Terry 0.18 (#161) 0.67 (#114)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.07 (#177) 0.92 (#111)
RPI 0.501 (#174) 0.521 (#135)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG NU
FG% 40.3% 48.2%
3PT% 31.7% 30.8%
REB / G 35.5 33.1
OREB / G 12.8 9.6
AST / TO 0.94 2.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.8% 53.6%
TOV% 16.6% 12.6%
ORB% 34.2% 29.8%
FT Rate 28.6% 29.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 47.5%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 18.0%
DRB% 65.5% 65.9%
Opp FT Rate 20.7% 26.7%

Game Analysis

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