Model Predictions
| Model | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Purdue Boilermakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 40.6% | 59.4% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 21.4% | 78.6% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 10.9% | 89.1% | +11.6 | ✓ (6.4 off) |
| Pythagorean | 32.2% | 67.8% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 1.0% | 99.0% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 3.9% | 96.1% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 3.8% | 96.2% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Purdue Boilermakers +18 (73-55). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Nebraska Cornhuskers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Walker * | 37 | 9-15 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | - |
| Emmanuel Bandoumel * | 36 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Denim Dawson * | 25 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Wilhelm Breidenbach * | 23 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| CJ Wilcher * | 20 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | - |
| Keisei Tominaga | 26 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | - |
| Jamarques Lawrence | 22 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Oleg Kojenets | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Blaise Keita | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Purdue Boilermakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Loyer * | 34 | 8-15 | 6-12 | 5-6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 12 | - |
| Zach Edey * | 32 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | - |
| Ethan Morton * | 31 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Braden Smith * | 31 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | - |
| Caleb Furst * | 21 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | - |
| Mason Gillis | 19 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Brandon Newman | 12 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -3 | - |
| David Jenkins Jr. | 12 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Trey Kaufman-Renn | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
* = starter