They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Purdue Boilermakers
92 – 86
FINAL Neutral Hall of Fame Series
Alabama Crimson Tide
Coca-Cola Coliseum (Neutral) · December 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -6.0 Push
O/U 164.0 Over
Money PUR -220 / ALA +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +6 178 Won
Massey PUR -3.6 (+2.4) — —
Massey Totals — 169.2 (+8.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -4.6 (+1.4) 167.5 (+10.5) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -2.8 (+3.2) 167.2 (+10.8) 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -4.0 (+2.0) 166.5 (+11.5) 61% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -3.4 (+2.6) 168.2 (+9.8) 63% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 14, 2025 PUR 87 – 80 ALA
Nov 16, 2024 PUR 87 – 78 ALA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR ALA
Overall 34-5 25-12
Conference 17-3 13-5
Home 16-0 14-2
Away 7-3 5-5
Neutral 11-2 6-5
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.3 90.1
Avg Pts Against 69.0 81.2
Massey 20.0 (#4) 16.5 (#10)
Bradley-Terry 3.81 (#6) 2.15 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.48 (#6) 3.29 (#32)
RPI 0.716 (#2) 0.630 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR ALA
FG% 49.1% 49.9%
3PT% 39.7% 40.9%
REB / G 42.6 40.5
OREB / G 11.3 12.6
AST / TO 1.40 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.3% 58.6%
TOV% 17.3% 16.0%
ORB% 35.3% 37.1%
FT Rate 32.4% 37.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.0% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 13.6% 17.4%
DRB% 75.9% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 15.0% 24.3%

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