Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Iowa Hawkeyes
102 – 64
FINAL Conference
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · March 5, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -17.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money IOWA -2500 / NEB +1700
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +38 166 Won
Massey IOWA -17.4 (+20.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.7 (+10.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -16.3 (+21.7) 155.0 (+11.0) 89% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -13.9 (+24.1) 157.7 (+8.3) 86% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -17.1 (+20.9) 155.2 (+10.8) 88% ✓
Baseline ML IOWA -16.7 (+21.3) 153.7 (+12.3) 88% ✓

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 26, 2026 IOWA 77 – 71 NEB
Mar 8, 2026 NEB 84 – 75 IOWA
Feb 18, 2026 IOWA 57 – 52 NEB
Mar 9, 2025 IOWA 83 – 68 NEB
Jan 8, 2025 IOWA 97 – 87 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NEB
Overall 22-9 7-20
Conference 14-6 3-16
Home 14-2 6-9
Away 6-4 1-10
Neutral 2-3 0-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 83.7 68.4
Avg Pts Against 72.7 74.6
Massey 19.3 (#6) 4.5 (#107)
Bradley-Terry 2.90 (#9) 0.33 (#147)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.11 (#5) 0.83 (#117)
RPI 0.584 (#38) 0.474 (#217)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NEB
FG% 47.1% 41.4%
3PT% 40.1% 33.0%
REB / G 40.4 36.0
OREB / G 11.6 8.9
AST / TO 2.00 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 48.1%
TOV% 13.4% 19.3%
ORB% 31.6% 23.3%
FT Rate 23.8% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.3% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 18.5%
DRB% 70.3% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 15.3% 20.8%

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