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Ohio State Buckeyes
70 77
FINAL Neutral Conference Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes
Big Ten Conference · Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · March 12, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -5.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money OSU -225 / IOWA +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual IOWA +7 147 Lost
Massey OSU -5.2 (-12.2)
Massey Totals 162.3 (-15.3)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 68%
Efficiency Plus ML OSU -5.1 (-12.1) 154.9 (-7.9) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML OSU -4.4 (-11.4) 157.1 (-10.1) 67%
Baseline ML OSU -4.2 (-11.2) 157.6 (-10.6) 65%
Baseline Plus ML OSU -4.9 (-11.9) 158.3 (-11.3) 64%

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
Jan 28, 2025 OSU 8265 IOWA
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 14.9 (#31) 9.7 (#60)
Bradley-Terry 1.97 (#50) 1.45 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.86 (#40) 2.09 (#61)
RPI 0.556 (#73) 0.523 (#133)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU IOWA
FG% 46.7% 48.6%
3PT% 37.2% 37.7%
REB / G 33.7 32.4
OREB / G 9.4 8.8
AST / TO 1.21 1.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 56.3%
TOV% 15.5% 13.8%
ORB% 28.7% 25.3%
FT Rate 26.8% 18.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 54.4%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 18.0%
DRB% 69.4% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 30.4% 19.2%

Game Analysis

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