The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Big Ten Conference · Williams Arena · January 24, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -4.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money MINN +170 / NEB -205
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual NEB +19 133 Lost
Massey NEB -8.8 (-10.2)
Massey Totals 136.1 (-3.1)
Bradley-Terry 2%
Weighted B-T 1%
Efficiency Plus ML NEB -6.0 (-13.0) 139.2 (-6.2) 26%
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -7.4 (-11.6) 133.9 (-0.9) 23%
Baseline ML NEB -7.0 (-12.0) 134.4 (-1.4) 24%
Baseline Plus ML NEB -7.3 (-11.7) 135.4 (-2.4) 23%

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 MINN 6765 NEB
Feb 25, 2024 NEB 7355 MINN
Dec 7, 2023 MINN 7665 NEB
Mar 9, 2023 MINN 7875 NEB
Feb 25, 2023 NEB 7867 MINN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MINN NEB
Overall 15-18 28-7
Conference 8-12 15-5
Home 13-4 16-2
Away 2-9 7-3
Neutral 0-5 5-2
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.4 77.0
Avg Pts Against 68.5 66.1
Massey 7.1 (#90) 19.1 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.05 (#87) 5.60 (#2)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.59 (#87) 7.33 (#2)
RPI 0.512 (#141) 0.676 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN NEB
FG% 45.4% 47.6%
3PT% 32.9% 35.6%
REB / G 34.2 36.3
OREB / G 10.2 8.9
AST / TO 1.68 2.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.7% 56.7%
TOV% 16.5% 13.2%
ORB% 30.7% 26.8%
FT Rate 29.5% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 46.6%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 18.8%
DRB% 70.5% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.6% 16.3%

Game Analysis

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