Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Indiana Hoosiers
72 – 67
FINAL Conference
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall · January 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -4.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money IU +180 / PUR -218
Model Predictions
Spread Total IU win
Actual IU +5 139 Won
Massey PUR -2.7 (+7.7) — —
Massey Totals — 151.3 (-12.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 17% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 11% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PUR -1.3 (+6.3) 144.4 (-5.4) 43% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -1.2 (+6.2) 143.0 (-4.0) 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -2.0 (+7.0) 144.6 (-5.6) 38% ✗
Baseline ML PUR -2.3 (+7.3) 144.6 (-5.6) 50% ✓

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 21, 2026 PUR 93 – 64 IU
Feb 23, 2025 IU 73 – 58 PUR
Feb 1, 2025 PUR 81 – 76 IU
Feb 11, 2024 PUR 79 – 59 IU
Jan 17, 2024 PUR 87 – 66 IU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IU PUR
Overall 18-14 30-9
Conference 9-11 13-7
Home 14-4 12-5
Away 3-8 8-3
Neutral 1-2 10-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.2 81.6
Avg Pts Against 72.2 70.5
Massey 15.7 (#31) 21.6 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 1.69 (#61) 3.81 (#14)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#60) 5.01 (#11)
RPI 0.567 (#67) 0.658 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors IU PUR
FG% 47.3% 51.3%
3PT% 35.8% 38.3%
REB / G 35.0 36.4
OREB / G 9.4 11.2
AST / TO 1.66 2.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 58.6%
TOV% 15.3% 13.8%
ORB% 30.0% 36.2%
FT Rate 28.2% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.5% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 16.3%
DRB% 71.5% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 28.4% 15.5%

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