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Ohio State Buckeyes 60
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Michigan State Spartans 66
2026-02-22

Model Predictions

Model Ohio State Buckeyes Michigan State Spartans Spread Result
Elo 26.7% 73.3% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 23.9% 76.1% - ✓
Margin 18.5% 81.5% +8.2 ✓ (2.2 off)
Pythagorean 43.8% 56.2% - ✓
Points Off/Def 45.1% 54.9% - ✓

Actual: Michigan State Spartans +6 (66-60). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Ohio State Buckeyes

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Bruce Thornton 40 12-22 2-8 6-8 5 2 2 0 0 32 19 -
Taison Chatman 32 2-8 1-5 0-0 3 3 0 1 1 5 3 -
Amare Bynum 29 0-5 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -
Christoph Tilly 29 5-6 0-0 0-3 7 1 2 1 0 10 15 -
Colin White 25 1-2 1-2 0-2 4 1 1 0 0 3 7 -
Puff Johnson 20 0-4 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -
Ivan Njegovan 14 2-2 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 -
Gabe Cupps 11 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 -

Michigan State Spartans

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Jeremy Fears Jr. 35 2-7 1-1 6-6 1 8 2 0 3 11 12 -
Carson Cooper 34 7-10 0-0 6-6 11 3 0 0 1 20 23 -
Coen Carr 32 2-7 0-1 1-4 8 1 0 0 1 5 6 -
Jordan Scott 31 4-7 1-2 3-5 4 3 0 1 1 12 12 -
Kur Teng 23 2-9 1-5 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 5 -3 -
Jaxon Kohler 17 4-8 1-4 0-0 10 0 0 0 1 9 10 -
Cameron Ward 15 1-3 0-0 2-4 4 0 0 1 0 4 6 -
Denham Wojcik 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 -
Trey Fort 4 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -
Jesse McCulloch 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

* = starter