Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Iowa Hawkeyes
87 – 72
FINAL Conference
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · December 30, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -11.0 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Over
Money IOWA -700 / NU +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +15 159 Won
Massey IOWA -10.4 (+4.6) — —
Massey Totals — 169.4 (-10.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -8.4 (+6.6) 159.8 (-0.8) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -8.1 (+6.9) 160.8 (-1.8) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -8.8 (+6.2) 164.2 (-5.2) 78% ✓
Baseline ML IOWA -6.8 (+8.2) 161.6 (-2.6) 76% ✓

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 19, 2023 NU 80 – 60 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NU
Overall 22-9 9-15
Conference 14-6 6-13
Home 14-2 7-6
Away 6-4 2-8
Neutral 2-3 0-1
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.7 69.0
Avg Pts Against 72.7 71.0
Massey 17.3 (#6) 11.0 (#39)
Bradley-Terry 2.25 (#42) 2.14 (#44)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.79 (#29) 4.24 (#21)
RPI 0.560 (#87) 0.570 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NU
FG% 48.0% 49.4%
3PT% 36.6% 40.9%
REB / G 43.0 36.8
OREB / G 14.9 6.3
AST / TO 2.30 1.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 57.5%
TOV% 12.6% 15.0%
ORB% 37.6% 20.2%
FT Rate 26.0% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 43.2%
Opp TOV% 20.5% 16.1%
DRB% 65.7% 76.2%
Opp FT Rate 15.8% 17.7%

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