The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Big Ten Conference · XFINITY Center · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MD -1.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money MD -120 / PSU +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total MD win
Actual MD +23 169 Won
Massey PSU -1.3 (+24.3)
Massey Totals 151.2 (+17.8)
Bradley-Terry 54%
Weighted B-T 55%
Efficiency Plus ML MD -0.0 (+23.0) 141.1 (+27.9) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML PSU -1.0 (+24.0) 142.4 (+26.6) 50%
Baseline ML PSU -1.2 (+24.2) 142.6 (+26.4) 42%
Baseline Plus ML PSU -1.0 (+24.0) 142.0 (+27.0) 46%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 1, 2025 MD 6864 PSU
Mar 10, 2024 PSU 8569 MD
Dec 7, 2023 MD 8175 PSU
Mar 5, 2023 PSU 6564 MD
Feb 11, 2023 MD 7468 PSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MD PSU
Overall 12-21 12-20
Conference 4-16 3-17
Home 7-8 9-8
Away 2-10 2-9
Neutral 3-3 1-3
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 69.7 73.7
Avg Pts Against 76.6 79.3
Massey 0.3 (#161) 5.0 (#105)
Bradley-Terry 0.01 (#174) 0.42 (#132)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.02 (#165) 0.44 (#138)
RPI 0.494 (#189) 0.521 (#134)
Shooting & Four Factors MD PSU
FG% 39.8% 47.2%
3PT% 31.2% 32.8%
REB / G 36.5 31.0
OREB / G 12.8 9.6
AST / TO 0.80 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.8% 53.5%
TOV% 18.7% 13.8%
ORB% 33.6% 28.8%
FT Rate 32.1% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.7% 55.8%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 19.4%
DRB% 68.9% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.7% 20.2%

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