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Iowa Hawkeyes
68 – 71
FINAL Conference
Michigan Wolverines
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · March 6, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -9.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money IOWA +340 / MICH -440
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual MICH +3 139 Lost
Massey MICH -11.1 (+8.1) — —
Massey Totals — 149.7 (-10.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 11% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -9.1 (+6.1) 144.1 (-5.1) 20% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -6.2 (+3.2) 138.2 (+0.8) 30% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MICH -8.9 (+5.9) 142.3 (-3.3) 25% ✓
Baseline ML MICH -8.4 (+5.4) 145.0 (-6.0) 22% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 7, 2024 MICH 85 – 83 IOWA
Jan 27, 2024 IOWA 88 – 78 MICH
Dec 10, 2023 MICH 90 – 80 IOWA
Jan 13, 2023 IOWA 93 – 84 MICH
Mar 4, 2022 IOWA 82 – 71 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA MICH
Overall 24-13 37-3
Conference 10-10 19-1
Home 15-3 14-1
Away 3-8 11-0
Neutral 6-2 12-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 W6
Avg Pts For 74.5 87.3
Avg Pts Against 66.3 69.5
Massey 16.1 (#27) 30.2 (#1)
Bradley-Terry 2.32 (#37) 4.97 (#3)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.10 (#36) 6.53 (#2)
RPI 0.573 (#54) 0.683 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA MICH
FG% 49.5% 51.0%
3PT% 35.5% 36.0%
REB / G 29.8 40.7
OREB / G 9.0 11.4
AST / TO 1.60 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.8% 58.7%
TOV% 15.0% 16.5%
ORB% 30.8% 36.3%
FT Rate 27.2% 28.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 44.0%
Opp TOV% 21.0% 16.4%
DRB% 72.0% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 28.1% 19.7%

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