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Northwestern Wildcats
80 87
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · March 2, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money NU -150 / IOWA +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual IOWA +7 167 Lost
Massey NU -2.2 (-9.2)
Massey Totals 159.5 (+7.5)
Bradley-Terry 79%
Weighted B-T 82%
Efficiency Plus ML NU -4.3 (-11.3) 150.9 (+16.1) 61%
Baseline Tuned ML NU -4.4 (-11.4) 152.0 (+15.0) 70%
Baseline ML NU -3.6 (-10.6) 152.3 (+14.7) 71%
Baseline Plus ML NU -4.3 (-11.3) 154.3 (+12.7) 63%

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 8, 2026 IOWA 7670 NU
Mar 1, 2025 NU 6857 IOWA
Dec 4, 2024 IOWA 8079 NU
Feb 19, 2023 NU 8060 IOWA
Feb 1, 2023 IOWA 8670 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU IOWA
Overall 22-12 19-15
Conference 12-8 10-10
Home 15-2 14-4
Away 4-7 4-9
Neutral 3-3 1-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.3 83.1
Avg Pts Against 69.1 79.4
Massey 9.9 (#51) 11.1 (#47)
Bradley-Terry 2.19 (#26) 1.49 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.81 (#24) 2.00 (#56)
RPI 0.574 (#56) 0.553 (#85)
Shooting & Four Factors NU IOWA
FG% 45.8% 47.9%
3PT% 39.0% 34.0%
REB / G 31.5 35.7
OREB / G 8.7 10.1
AST / TO 1.75 1.78
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 52.9%
TOV% 13.5% 13.5%
ORB% 26.4% 28.7%
FT Rate 22.6% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 19.5% 16.9%
DRB% 72.1% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 29.8% 23.3%

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