Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Iowa Hawkeyes
70 – 84
FINAL Conference
Purdue Boilermakers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · January 20, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -6.5 Away covered
O/U 163.5 Under
Money IOWA +210 / PUR -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual PUR +14 154 Lost
Massey PUR -6.1 (-7.9) — —
Massey Totals — 168.2 (-14.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 19% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PUR -4.7 (-9.3) 164.4 (-10.4) 29% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PUR -3.4 (-10.6) 163.9 (-9.9) 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -4.0 (-10.0) 161.3 (-7.3) 31% ✓
Baseline ML PUR -4.5 (-9.5) 162.8 (-8.8) 31% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 14, 2026 PUR 78 – 57 IOWA
Jan 14, 2026 PUR 79 – 72 IOWA
Feb 5, 2025 PUR 90 – 81 IOWA
Dec 5, 2023 PUR 87 – 68 IOWA
Feb 10, 2023 PUR 87 – 73 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA PUR
Overall 19-15 34-5
Conference 10-10 17-3
Home 14-4 16-0
Away 4-9 7-3
Neutral 1-2 11-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.1 82.3
Avg Pts Against 79.4 69.0
Massey 12.2 (#32) 22.0 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 1.54 (#65) 3.66 (#1)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.08 (#63) 4.43 (#1)
RPI 0.568 (#75) 0.701 (#1)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA PUR
FG% 48.1% 49.3%
3PT% 34.9% 39.6%
REB / G 38.5 41.0
OREB / G 10.9 11.7
AST / TO 1.98 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 56.6%
TOV% 13.3% 16.7%
ORB% 29.3% 36.2%
FT Rate 23.8% 29.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 15.2%
DRB% 71.2% 75.8%
Opp FT Rate 20.4% 15.8%

Game Analysis

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