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Northwestern Wildcats
68 – 57
FINAL Conference
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Welsh-Ryan Arena · March 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money NU -200 / IOWA +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +11 125 Won
Massey NU -5.0 (+6.0) — —
Massey Totals — 155.4 (-30.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NU -6.4 (+4.6) 151.2 (-26.2) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -6.6 (+4.4) 146.5 (-21.5) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NU -6.2 (+4.8) 150.2 (-25.2) 74% ✓
Baseline ML NU -6.3 (+4.7) 152.8 (-27.8) 77% ✓

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 8, 2026 IOWA 76 – 70 NU
Dec 4, 2024 IOWA 80 – 79 NU
Mar 2, 2024 IOWA 87 – 80 NU
Feb 19, 2023 NU 80 – 60 IOWA
Feb 1, 2023 IOWA 86 – 70 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU IOWA
Overall 17-16 17-16
Conference 7-13 7-13
Home 12-5 12-6
Away 2-9 2-8
Neutral 3-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 82.5
Avg Pts Against 69.2 79.7
Massey 11.2 (#57) 9.4 (#60)
Bradley-Terry 1.42 (#67) 1.45 (#65)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.20 (#57) 2.02 (#64)
RPI 0.539 (#103) 0.523 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors NU IOWA
FG% 44.4% 49.0%
3PT% 33.8% 37.8%
REB / G 34.2 32.0
OREB / G 11.4 8.8
AST / TO 1.47 1.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 56.8%
TOV% 14.7% 14.1%
ORB% 32.0% 25.3%
FT Rate 22.2% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 54.9%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 18.8%
DRB% 70.5% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 27.3% 18.1%

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