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Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · January 27, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MSU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money RUTG +850 / MSU -1450
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual MSU +9 167 Lost
Massey MSU -18.4 (+9.4)
Massey Totals 136.1 (+30.9)
Bradley-Terry 3%
Weighted B-T 1%
Efficiency Plus ML MSU -14.9 (+5.9) 136.0 (+31.0) 13%
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -14.0 (+5.0) 132.7 (+34.3) 14%
Baseline ML MSU -16.5 (+7.5) 136.0 (+31.0) 13%
Baseline Plus ML MSU -15.1 (+6.1) 133.6 (+33.4) 13%

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 6, 2026 MSU 9187 RUTG
Jan 25, 2025 MSU 8174 RUTG
Jan 14, 2024 MSU 7355 RUTG
Feb 4, 2023 RUTG 6155 MSU
Jan 19, 2023 MSU 7057 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG MSU
Overall 14-20 27-8
Conference 6-14 15-5
Home 10-7 15-2
Away 2-9 6-4
Neutral 2-4 6-2
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 78.8
Avg Pts Against 75.3 68.3
Massey 0.1 (#163) 21.7 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 0.32 (#136) 4.30 (#6)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.20 (#148) 5.85 (#6)
RPI 0.499 (#181) 0.661 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG MSU
FG% 40.7% 47.9%
3PT% 31.9% 35.8%
REB / G 35.3 41.2
OREB / G 12.3 13.0
AST / TO 0.98 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 54.4%
TOV% 16.3% 17.8%
ORB% 33.5% 39.3%
FT Rate 28.6% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.1% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 16.8%
DRB% 66.8% 78.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 20.5%

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