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Northwestern Wildcats
80 – 60
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · February 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money NU +115 / IOWA -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +20 140 Won
Massey NU -1.7 (+18.3) — —
Massey Totals — 147.8 (-7.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 71% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NU -1.9 (+18.1) 141.9 (-1.9) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -2.5 (+17.5) 139.4 (+0.6) 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NU -2.6 (+17.4) 144.7 (-4.7) 62% ✓
Baseline ML NU -2.0 (+18.0) 145.8 (-5.8) 59% ✓

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 76 – 70 NU
Mar 1, 2025 NU 68 – 57 IOWA
Dec 4, 2024 IOWA 80 – 79 NU
Mar 2, 2024 IOWA 87 – 80 NU
Feb 1, 2023 IOWA 86 – 70 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU IOWA
Overall 22-12 19-14
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 13-5 14-3
Away 7-4 4-7
Neutral 2-3 1-4
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 67.7 80.1
Avg Pts Against 62.8 74.7
Massey 10.3 (#46) 12.3 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 2.13 (#29) 1.88 (#43)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.34 (#45) 2.37 (#43)
RPI 0.570 (#59) 0.568 (#60)
Shooting & Four Factors NU IOWA
FG% 40.8% 45.8%
3PT% 31.2% 35.1%
REB / G 34.7 36.7
OREB / G 10.2 11.8
AST / TO 1.32 1.68
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 52.1%
TOV% 15.1% 14.0%
ORB% 28.4% 31.7%
FT Rate 23.4% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 18.9%
DRB% 72.6% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 15.6%

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