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Ohio State Buckeyes
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Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Schottenstein Center · January 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money OSU -300 / IOWA +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +17 147 Won
Massey OSU -8.0 (+9.0)
Massey Totals 165.7 (-18.7)
Bradley-Terry 73%
Weighted B-T 85%
Efficiency Plus ML OSU -8.8 (+8.2) 156.4 (-9.4) 78%
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -7.5 (+9.5) 158.0 (-11.0) 77%
Baseline ML OSU -6.9 (+10.1) 156.0 (-9.0) 79%
Baseline Plus ML OSU -8.3 (+8.7) 157.8 (-10.8) 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

Mar 12, 2026 OSU 7269 IOWA
Feb 26, 2026 IOWA 7457 OSU
Mar 12, 2025 IOWA 7770 OSU
Mar 14, 2024 OSU 9078 IOWA
Feb 3, 2024 IOWA 7977 OSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OSU IOWA
Overall 17-15 17-16
Conference 9-11 7-13
Home 11-6 12-6
Away 4-7 2-8
Neutral 2-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 82.5
Avg Pts Against 73.5 79.7
Massey 15.4 (#26) 10.7 (#57)
Bradley-Terry 2.18 (#46) 1.78 (#57)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.39 (#29) 2.37 (#57)
RPI 0.583 (#49) 0.554 (#84)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU IOWA
FG% 48.3% 50.5%
3PT% 37.8% 39.1%
REB / G 34.9 32.4
OREB / G 9.0 8.7
AST / TO 1.20 1.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 58.7%
TOV% 16.3% 14.1%
ORB% 28.3% 25.0%
FT Rate 26.7% 19.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 53.6%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 20.0%
DRB% 70.1% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 29.8% 17.1%

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