Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Big Ten Conference · State Farm Center · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -15.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money ILL -1600 / MINN +900
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +10 144 Won
Massey ILL -19.2 (-9.2)
Massey Totals 140.4 (+3.6)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 98%
Efficiency Plus ML ILL -15.6 (-5.6) 139.6 (+4.4) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -15.8 (-5.8) 138.1 (+5.9) 89%
Baseline ML ILL -16.8 (-6.8) 138.2 (+5.8) 89%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -16.8 (-6.8) 136.7 (+7.3) 89%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 8, 2025 ILL 9574 MINN
Feb 29, 2024 ILL 10597 MINN
Feb 21, 2023 ILL 7869 MINN
Jan 16, 2023 ILL 7860 MINN
Jan 5, 2022 ILL 7653 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL MINN
Overall 28-9 15-18
Conference 15-5 8-12
Home 14-3 13-4
Away 8-2 2-9
Neutral 6-4 0-5
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 83.2 69.4
Avg Pts Against 68.8 68.5
Massey 22.4 (#7) 6.6 (#94)
Bradley-Terry 3.68 (#13) 1.16 (#87)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.02 (#13) 1.67 (#81)
RPI 0.636 (#19) 0.513 (#147)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL MINN
FG% 47.7% 46.2%
3PT% 34.9% 33.0%
REB / G 41.8 34.5
OREB / G 13.1 10.2
AST / TO 1.49 1.67
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 53.3%
TOV% 14.4% 17.0%
ORB% 39.3% 31.2%
FT Rate 27.2% 31.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.7% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 12.4% 17.7%
DRB% 72.7% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 14.0% 22.5%

Game Analysis

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