Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Wisconsin Badgers
116 85
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Kohl Center · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WIS -6.5 Home covered
O/U 163.5 Over
Money WIS -320 / IOWA +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total WIS win
Actual WIS +31 201 Won
Massey WIS -4.3 (+26.7)
Massey Totals 164.8 (+36.2)
Bradley-Terry 76%
Weighted B-T 82%
Efficiency Plus ML WIS -6.3 (+24.7) 163.3 (+37.7) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -5.3 (+25.7) 163.6 (+37.4) 68%
Baseline ML WIS -5.5 (+25.5) 161.9 (+39.1) 68%
Baseline Plus ML WIS -5.8 (+25.2) 160.6 (+40.4) 65%

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 22, 2026 WIS 8471 IOWA
Feb 8, 2025 WIS 7463 IOWA
Feb 17, 2024 IOWA 8886 WIS
Jan 3, 2024 WIS 8372 IOWA
Feb 23, 2023 WIS 6452 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WIS IOWA
Overall 27-10 17-16
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 14-3 12-6
Away 6-5 2-8
Neutral 7-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.1 82.5
Avg Pts Against 70.9 79.7
Massey 13.3 (#39) 13.1 (#41)
Bradley-Terry 2.75 (#25) 2.35 (#42)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.11 (#16) 3.44 (#32)
RPI 0.624 (#20) 0.553 (#91)
Shooting & Four Factors WIS IOWA
FG% 44.9% 51.1%
3PT% 32.5% 38.3%
REB / G 36.2 34.5
OREB / G 10.1 9.5
AST / TO 1.56 1.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 59.0%
TOV% 13.8% 13.5%
ORB% 29.4% 26.5%
FT Rate 32.5% 18.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.3% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 21.2%
DRB% 72.1% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 14.4%

Game Analysis

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