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Iowa Hawkeyes
63 – 74
FINAL Conference
Wisconsin Badgers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WIS -5.5 Away covered
O/U 162.5 Under
Money IOWA +200 / WIS -240
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual WIS +11 137 Lost
Massey WIS -4.1 (-6.9) — —
Massey Totals — 166.7 (-29.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WIS -5.3 (-5.7) 158.7 (-21.7) 29% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WIS -2.4 (-8.6) 156.7 (-19.7) 35% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WIS -3.2 (-7.8) 156.3 (-19.3) 38% ✓
Baseline ML WIS -2.6 (-8.4) 155.8 (-18.8) 37% ✓

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 22, 2026 WIS 84 – 71 IOWA
Jan 4, 2025 WIS 116 – 85 IOWA
Feb 17, 2024 IOWA 88 – 86 WIS
Jan 3, 2024 WIS 83 – 72 IOWA
Feb 23, 2023 WIS 64 – 52 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA WIS
Overall 17-16 27-10
Conference 7-13 13-7
Home 12-6 14-3
Away 2-8 6-5
Neutral 3-2 7-2
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.5 80.1
Avg Pts Against 79.7 70.9
Massey 10.2 (#58) 17.5 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 1.56 (#60) 2.94 (#20)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.13 (#60) 3.99 (#13)
RPI 0.540 (#106) 0.631 (#14)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA WIS
FG% 50.1% 46.3%
3PT% 38.5% 36.6%
REB / G 32.0 35.9
OREB / G 8.5 9.1
AST / TO 1.86 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.2% 55.1%
TOV% 14.0% 14.7%
ORB% 24.6% 28.3%
FT Rate 19.3% 29.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.1% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 15.3%
DRB% 67.2% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.0% 21.0%

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