They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Nebraska Cornhuskers
84 – 75 OT
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Pinnacle Bank Arena · March 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NEB -4.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money NEB -218 / IOWA +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total NEB win
Actual NEB +9 159 Won
Massey NEB -5.3 (+3.7) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (+24.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEB -6.8 (+2.2) 132.1 (+26.9) 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEB -6.4 (+2.6) 132.1 (+26.9) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -6.9 (+2.1) 132.4 (+26.6) 76% ✓
Baseline ML NEB -7.1 (+1.9) 131.9 (+27.1) 81% ✓

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 26, 2026 IOWA 77 – 71 NEB
Feb 18, 2026 IOWA 57 – 52 NEB
Mar 9, 2025 IOWA 83 – 68 NEB
Jan 8, 2025 IOWA 97 – 87 NEB
Jan 13, 2024 IOWA 94 – 76 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NEB IOWA
Overall 28-7 24-13
Conference 15-5 10-10
Home 16-2 15-3
Away 7-3 3-8
Neutral 5-2 6-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 74.5
Avg Pts Against 66.1 66.3
Massey 18.7 (#18) 16.3 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 3.51 (#12) 2.29 (#39)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.21 (#13) 3.08 (#35)
RPI 0.618 (#19) 0.569 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors NEB IOWA
FG% 46.6% 49.1%
3PT% 35.3% 35.2%
REB / G 35.3 29.7
OREB / G 8.9 9.0
AST / TO 1.87 1.62
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 56.3%
TOV% 14.3% 14.7%
ORB% 26.4% 30.5%
FT Rate 20.3% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.3% 52.2%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 21.2%
DRB% 72.6% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 17.9% 28.4%

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