Model Predictions
| Model | Michigan State Spartans | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 40.7% | 59.3% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 62.3% | 37.7% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 78.4% | 21.6% | -7.1 | ✓ (5.9 off) |
| Pythagorean | 79.0% | 21.0% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 96.9% | 3.1% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 95.7% | 4.3% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 95.8% | 4.2% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Nebraska Cornhuskers -13 (55-68). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Michigan State Spartans
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green * | 39 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 9-9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | - |
| Brandon Wood * | 34 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Keith Appling * | 32 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | - |
| Branden Dawson * | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Adreian Payne * | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Austin Thornton | 22 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | - |
| Derrick Nix | 20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Travis Trice | 12 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Alex Gauna | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Brandan Kearney | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
Nebraska Cornhuskers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Walker * | 35 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Brandon Ubel * | 32 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - |
| Brandon Richardson * | 29 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | - |
| Toney McCray * | 24 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | - |
| Josiah Moore * | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bo Spencer | 32 | 4-15 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | - |
| Christopher Niemann | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Corey Hilliard | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Mike Fox | 10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - |
| David Rivers | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | - |
* = starter