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Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · March 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money IOWA +250 / MSU -300
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual MSU +7 175 Lost
Massey MSU -6.4 (-0.6) — —
Massey Totals — 156.0 (+19.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 14% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSU -5.5 (-1.5) 153.2 (+21.8) 22% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSU -5.7 (-1.3) 153.9 (+21.1) 24% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSU -6.3 (-0.7) 148.9 (+26.1) 25% ✓
Baseline ML MSU -5.4 (-1.6) 152.6 (+22.4) 24% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 3, 2025 MSU 71 – 52 IOWA
Feb 21, 2024 IOWA 78 – 71 MSU
Feb 25, 2023 IOWA 112 – 106 MSU
Jan 27, 2023 MSU 63 – 61 IOWA
Feb 23, 2022 IOWA 86 – 60 MSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA MSU
Overall 17-16 30-7
Conference 7-13 17-3
Home 12-6 15-1
Away 2-8 8-2
Neutral 3-2 7-4
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.5 77.7
Avg Pts Against 79.7 67.1
Massey 9.1 (#63) 18.8 (#13)
Bradley-Terry 1.35 (#72) 3.41 (#7)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.94 (#64) 4.37 (#8)
RPI 0.518 (#148) 0.637 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA MSU
FG% 48.6% 46.2%
3PT% 37.6% 29.7%
REB / G 32.0 40.2
OREB / G 8.8 12.1
AST / TO 1.82 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.3% 51.0%
TOV% 14.0% 16.8%
ORB% 25.3% 36.2%
FT Rate 18.7% 29.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.8% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 16.4%
DRB% 67.9% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.4% 23.0%

Game Analysis

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