Northwestern defeated Michigan State by a score of 88-74 in a game played at Northwestern on January 7, 2024. Northwestern had an offensive rating of 134.4 compared to an offensive rating of 113.0 for Michigan State. The pace of the game (measuring possessions per team per 40 minutes) was 65.5, which is 7% slower than the NCAA average.

Northwestern's offensive rating in this game was 33% higher than the NCAA average while it's defensive rating was 10% worse than average. The pace of the game was 2% slower than the adjusted season average for Northwestern. Meanwhile, Michigan State's offensive rating in this game was 12% higher than the NCAA average while it's defensive rating was 25% worse than average. The pace of the game was 4% slower than the adjusted season average for Michigan State.

Currently, Northwestern is ranked #60 with their offense ranked #53 and defense ranked #70 while Michigan State is ranked #17 with an offense ranked #32 and a defense ranked #6. Northwestern is currently 22-12 while Michigan State is 20-15. Northwestern has a strength of schedule ranked #48 while Michigan State's schedule is ranked #9.

#17. Michigan State

74

#60. Northwestern

88

Each bar represents a game. Blue bars are wins and red bars are losses, with darker shades indicating bigger margins. Road games have a solid border while neutral sites have a dashed border, and home games have no border. The dots represent this team's offense, defense, and pace ratings in that game.

Michigan State (20-15)

Northwestern (22-12)

Each dot represents a game. The X-axis tells you the season rating (off, def, pace) for the opponent. The Y-axis tells you this team's performance in that game so you can see how well an offense performed against different levels of defense, and vice versa. Blue dots are wins and red dots are losses, with darker shades indicating bigger margins.
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