Model Predictions
| Model | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Wisconsin Badgers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 19.0% | 81.0% | +9.3 | ✓ (7.7 off) |
| Bradley-Terry | 36.8% | 63.2% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 19.3% | 80.7% | +7.9 | ✓ (9.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 42.7% | 57.3% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 20.3% | 79.7% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 19.9% | 80.1% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 32.4% | 67.6% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Wisconsin Badgers +17 (66-49). Ratings: 2016-17 season-end ratings.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Coffey * | 37 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | - |
| Nate Mason * | 33 | 8-20 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - |
| Reggie Lynch * | 27 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | - |
| Akeem Springs * | 22 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | - |
| Jordan Murphy * | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | - |
| Eric Curry | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Dupree McBrayer | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Bakary Konate | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Michael Hurt | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Wisconsin Badgers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Hayes-Davis * | 33 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | - |
| Zak Showalter * | 33 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | - |
| Ethan Happ * | 30 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | - |
| Vitto Brown * | 29 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | - |
| Bronson Koenig * | 23 | 5-13 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | - |
| D'Mitrik Trice | 26 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Jordan Hill | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Khalil Iverson | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Brevin Pritzl | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alex Illikainen | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Aaron Moesch | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter