And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Ohio State Buckeyes
72 69
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · United Center (Neutral) · March 12, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -1.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money OSU -105 / IOWA -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +3 141 Won
Massey IOWA -0.5 (+3.5)
Massey Totals 144.8 (-3.8)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 53%
Efficiency Plus ML OSU -0.8 (+2.2) 136.4 (+4.6) 49%
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -0.8 (+2.2) 140.2 (+0.8) 57%
Baseline ML OSU -0.5 (+2.5) 140.9 (+0.1) 61%
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -0.8 (+3.8) 136.3 (+4.7) 47%

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 26, 2026 IOWA 7457 OSU
Mar 12, 2025 IOWA 7770 OSU
Jan 28, 2025 OSU 8265 IOWA
Mar 14, 2024 OSU 9078 IOWA
Feb 3, 2024 IOWA 7977 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU IOWA
Overall 21-13 24-13
Conference 12-8 10-10
Home 14-3 15-3
Away 5-6 3-8
Neutral 2-4 6-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 79.3 74.5
Avg Pts Against 72.6 66.3
Massey 15.7 (#31) 16.2 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 2.43 (#34) 2.32 (#40)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.23 (#32) 3.10 (#36)
RPI 0.576 (#46) 0.568 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU IOWA
FG% 49.5% 49.1%
3PT% 36.3% 35.4%
REB / G 33.7 29.6
OREB / G 9.4 8.9
AST / TO 1.38 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.8% 56.4%
TOV% 15.5% 15.2%
ORB% 31.1% 30.1%
FT Rate 29.4% 26.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.1% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 21.1%
DRB% 69.8% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 25.6% 28.6%

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