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Iowa Hawkeyes
94 75
FINAL Neutral
Utah State Aggies
Sanford Pentagon (Neutral) · December 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -5.0 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +19 169 Won
Massey IOWA -3.3 (+15.7)
Massey Totals 164.0 (+5.0)
Bradley-Terry 29%
Weighted B-T 13%
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -3.8 (+15.2) 156.9 (+12.1) 58%
Baseline ML IOWA -2.5 (+16.5) 155.6 (+13.4) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -2.0 (+17.0) 155.1 (+13.9) 56%
Efficiency Plus ML IOWA -4.2 (+14.8) 153.7 (+15.3) 73%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 23, 2024 USU 7769 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA USU
Overall 26-10 18-16
Conference 12-8 8-10
Home 15-3 9-7
Away 6-6 4-7
Neutral 5-1 5-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 83.2 72.8
Avg Pts Against 71.2 67.0
Massey 14.2 (#20) 10.9 (#34)
Bradley-Terry 1.17 (#85) 2.05 (#44)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.32 (#98) 3.21 (#33)
RPI 0.540 (#108) 0.608 (#32)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA USU
FG% 46.6% 47.7%
3PT% 35.7% 38.3%
REB / G 36.5 37.1
OREB / G 11.9 9.2
AST / TO 2.05 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 56.0%
TOV% 11.6% 19.0%
ORB% 32.2% 27.8%
FT Rate 25.5% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 19.4%
DRB% 66.8% 75.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 19.8%

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