Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Michigan Wolverines
79 – 57
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Crisler Center · February 26, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MICH -5.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money MICH -188 / IOWA +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total MICH win
Actual MICH +22 136 Won
Massey MICH -2.2 (+19.8) — —
Massey Totals — 160.8 (-24.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 87% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MICH -5.0 (+17.0) 157.1 (-21.1) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MICH -3.1 (+18.9) 153.2 (-17.2) 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MICH -5.4 (+16.6) 153.9 (-17.9) 74% ✓
Baseline ML MICH -5.2 (+16.8) 154.8 (-18.8) 71% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 6, 2026 MICH 71 – 68 IOWA
Dec 7, 2024 MICH 85 – 83 IOWA
Jan 27, 2024 IOWA 88 – 78 MICH
Dec 10, 2023 MICH 90 – 80 IOWA
Jan 13, 2023 IOWA 93 – 84 MICH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MICH IOWA
Overall 23-5 22-9
Conference 14-3 14-6
Home 13-1 14-2
Away 6-2 6-4
Neutral 4-2 2-3
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.8 83.7
Avg Pts Against 65.1 72.7
Massey 19.8 (#5) 20.0 (#3)
Bradley-Terry 4.39 (#3) 2.90 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.49 (#3) 4.16 (#5)
RPI 0.652 (#2) 0.582 (#44)
Shooting & Four Factors MICH IOWA
FG% 50.2% 47.6%
3PT% 38.7% 40.3%
REB / G 38.9 41.1
OREB / G 9.3 12.0
AST / TO 1.39 2.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.9% 55.6%
TOV% 17.5% 13.6%
ORB% 30.7% 32.7%
FT Rate 23.1% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.2% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 16.3%
DRB% 75.3% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.2% 15.9%

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