He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Iowa Hawkeyes
57 78
FINAL Conference
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · February 14, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -2.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money IOWA +120 / PUR -142
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual PUR +21 135 Lost
Massey PUR -1.7 (-19.3)
Massey Totals 143.8 (-8.8)
Bradley-Terry 34%
Weighted B-T 31%
Efficiency Plus ML IOWA -0.8 (-21.8) 138.6 (-3.6) 53%
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -0.9 (-21.9) 142.6 (-7.6) 56%
Baseline ML IOWA -0.9 (-21.9) 144.0 (-9.0) 64%
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -1.1 (-22.1) 142.3 (-7.3) 56%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 14, 2026 PUR 7972 IOWA
Feb 5, 2025 PUR 9081 IOWA
Jan 20, 2024 PUR 8470 IOWA
Dec 5, 2023 PUR 8768 IOWA
Feb 10, 2023 PUR 8773 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA PUR
Overall 24-13 30-9
Conference 10-10 13-7
Home 15-3 12-5
Away 3-8 8-3
Neutral 6-2 10-1
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 81.6
Avg Pts Against 66.3 70.5
Massey 16.9 (#27) 21.6 (#10)
Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#32) 3.76 (#10)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.35 (#32) 4.74 (#12)
RPI 0.589 (#46) 0.647 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA PUR
FG% 50.6% 50.3%
3PT% 37.2% 37.7%
REB / G 29.9 36.8
OREB / G 9.0 11.4
AST / TO 1.62 2.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.1% 57.9%
TOV% 15.2% 14.2%
ORB% 31.5% 36.0%
FT Rate 28.2% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 16.5%
DRB% 70.4% 73.9%
Opp FT Rate 27.6% 17.2%

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