This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Big Ten Conference · Jersey Mike’s Arena · February 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread RUTG -5.5 Away covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money RUTG -250 / IOWA +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual IOWA +11 157 Lost
Massey RUTG -2.1 (-13.1)
Massey Totals 167.2 (-10.2)
Bradley-Terry 62%
Weighted B-T 69%
Efficiency Plus ML RUTG -2.4 (-13.4) 156.6 (+0.4) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML RUTG -2.8 (-13.8) 156.4 (+0.6) 65%
Baseline ML RUTG -2.5 (-13.5) 156.2 (+0.8) 59%
Baseline Plus ML RUTG -2.3 (-13.3) 157.5 (-0.5) 58%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 21, 2026 IOWA 6862 RUTG
Jan 6, 2024 IOWA 8677 RUTG
Jan 29, 2023 IOWA 9382 RUTG
Jan 8, 2023 IOWA 7665 RUTG
Mar 11, 2022 IOWA 8474 RUTG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RUTG IOWA
Overall 15-17 17-16
Conference 8-12 7-13
Home 11-5 12-6
Away 3-8 2-8
Neutral 1-4 3-2
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 82.5
Avg Pts Against 77.6 79.7
Massey 8.9 (#67) 9.9 (#59)
Bradley-Terry 1.41 (#72) 1.47 (#66)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.18 (#59) 2.04 (#61)
RPI 0.555 (#78) 0.528 (#123)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG IOWA
FG% 44.1% 49.6%
3PT% 32.9% 38.2%
REB / G 36.7 32.3
OREB / G 11.6 8.6
AST / TO 1.22 1.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 57.6%
TOV% 15.3% 14.0%
ORB% 31.5% 24.7%
FT Rate 26.3% 19.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 53.9%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.4%
DRB% 69.2% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 18.2%

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