I'm going to Wichita, far from this opera for evermore. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
Iowa Hawkeyes
57 – 52
FINAL Conference
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · February 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -1.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money IOWA -120 / NEB +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +5 109 Won
Massey NEB -0.2 (+5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (-29.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 25% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 22% ✗
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -0.2 (+4.8) 136.1 (-27.1) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IOWA -2.8 (+2.2) 135.4 (-26.4) 65% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEB -0.0 (+5.0) 136.0 (-27.0) 49% ✗
Baseline ML IOWA -0.2 (+4.8) 136.3 (-27.3) 60% ✓

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 26, 2026 IOWA 77 – 71 NEB
Mar 8, 2026 NEB 84 – 75 IOWA
Mar 9, 2025 IOWA 83 – 68 NEB
Jan 8, 2025 IOWA 97 – 87 NEB
Jan 13, 2024 IOWA 94 – 76 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NEB
Overall 24-13 28-7
Conference 10-10 15-5
Home 15-3 16-2
Away 3-8 7-3
Neutral 6-2 5-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 77.0
Avg Pts Against 66.3 66.1
Massey 16.2 (#28) 19.4 (#17)
Bradley-Terry 2.46 (#34) 4.06 (#7)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#36) 5.03 (#8)
RPI 0.575 (#53) 0.630 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NEB
FG% 50.1% 47.1%
3PT% 36.8% 36.0%
REB / G 29.9 35.6
OREB / G 9.0 8.7
AST / TO 1.63 1.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.5% 56.2%
TOV% 15.0% 13.9%
ORB% 31.1% 26.0%
FT Rate 27.9% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 47.2%
Opp TOV% 21.3% 19.1%
DRB% 70.3% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.7% 17.3%

Game Analysis

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