I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WIS -5.8 (+25.2) 160.6 (+40.4) 65% ✓
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% ✓

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 84 – 71 IOWA
Feb 8, 2025 WIS 74 – 63 IOWA
Feb 17, 2024 IOWA 88 – 86 WIS
Jan 3, 2024 WIS 83 – 72 IOWA
Feb 23, 2023 WIS 64 – 52 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%

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