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Northwestern Wildcats
63 – 62
FINAL Conference
Oregon Ducks
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money NU -166 / ORE +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +1 125 Won
Massey NU -6.2 (-5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 142.8 (-17.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NU -5.0 (-4.0) 143.2 (-18.2) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -5.0 (-4.0) 141.9 (-16.9) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NU -5.8 (-4.8) 139.9 (-14.9) 70% ✓
Baseline ML NU -5.4 (-4.4) 141.9 (-16.9) 72% ✓

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 12, 2025 ORE 81 – 75 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU ORE
Overall 15-19 12-20
Conference 5-15 5-15
Home 9-8 10-7
Away 3-8 2-8
Neutral 3-3 0-5
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.1 70.8
Avg Pts Against 72.0 73.9
Massey 9.3 (#63) 6.1 (#93)
Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#91) 0.80 (#99)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.30 (#90) 1.00 (#99)
RPI 0.518 (#136) 0.513 (#151)
Shooting & Four Factors NU ORE
FG% 45.7% 43.0%
3PT% 32.5% 32.5%
REB / G 31.6 34.7
OREB / G 9.1 11.4
AST / TO 2.00 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 50.0%
TOV% 12.9% 17.9%
ORB% 27.6% 33.0%
FT Rate 26.1% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 16.0%
DRB% 65.8% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 25.8%

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