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Iowa Hawkeyes
76 – 70
FINAL Conference
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · February 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -10.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money IOWA -850 / NU +575
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +6 146 Won
Massey IOWA -12.4 (-6.4) — —
Massey Totals — 141.1 (+4.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -12.5 (-6.5) 139.1 (+6.9) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -11.6 (-5.6) 138.7 (+7.3) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -11.4 (-5.4) 139.5 (+6.5) 88% ✓
Baseline ML IOWA -11.0 (-5.0) 139.9 (+6.1) 87% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 1, 2025 NU 68 – 57 IOWA
Dec 4, 2024 IOWA 80 – 79 NU
Mar 2, 2024 IOWA 87 – 80 NU
Feb 19, 2023 NU 80 – 60 IOWA
Feb 1, 2023 IOWA 86 – 70 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NU
Overall 24-13 15-19
Conference 10-10 5-15
Home 15-3 9-8
Away 3-8 3-8
Neutral 6-2 3-3
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 73.1
Avg Pts Against 66.3 72.0
Massey 18.0 (#24) 8.6 (#71)
Bradley-Terry 2.93 (#26) 0.67 (#98)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.85 (#25) 1.02 (#96)
RPI 0.598 (#37) 0.514 (#149)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NU
FG% 51.2% 46.0%
3PT% 38.1% 31.1%
REB / G 29.9 32.6
OREB / G 8.7 9.5
AST / TO 1.58 2.15
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.9% 51.3%
TOV% 15.6% 12.3%
ORB% 31.0% 28.3%
FT Rate 27.9% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 22.0% 16.3%
DRB% 70.2% 66.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 25.8%

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