He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Carver-Hawkeye Arena · December 12, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -13.0 Home covered
O/U 158.5 Over
Money IOWA -1200 / ISU +750
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +28 182 Won
Massey IOWA -25.7 (+2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 155.7 (+26.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 98% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -23.7 (+4.3) 157.0 (+25.0) 90% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -18.5 (+9.5) 158.5 (+23.5) 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -19.2 (+8.8) 153.4 (+28.6) 90% ✓
Baseline ML IOWA -22.4 (+5.6) 153.3 (+28.7) 90% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 12, 2025 ISU 66 – 62 IOWA
Dec 13, 2024 ISU 89 – 80 IOWA
Dec 8, 2023 ISU 90 – 65 IOWA
Dec 9, 2022 IOWA 75 – 56 ISU
Dec 10, 2021 ISU 73 – 53 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA ISU
Overall 22-9 2-22
Conference 14-6 0-18
Home 14-2 2-10
Away 6-4 0-11
Neutral 2-3 0-1
Last 5 4-0 1-1
Streak L1 L18
Avg Pts For 83.7 65.6
Avg Pts Against 72.7 76.7
Massey 15.5 (#9) -3.8 (#215)
Bradley-Terry 1.80 (#41) -0.90 (#219)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.13 (#31) -1.55 (#225)
RPI 0.544 (#93) 0.423 (#222)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA ISU
FG% 48.7% 48.4%
3PT% 40.2% 29.1%
REB / G 43.8 30.0
OREB / G 14.0 7.5
AST / TO 2.32 1.40
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.3% 54.8%
TOV% 13.3% 17.5%
ORB% 36.1% 23.8%
FT Rate 28.9% 7.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.6% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 24.8%
DRB% 65.7% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 16.2% 19.5%

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