Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Iowa Hawkeyes
74 61
FINAL Conference
UCLA Bruins
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -6.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money IOWA -265 / UCLA +215
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +13 135 Won
Massey IOWA -9.2 (+3.8)
Massey Totals 141.8 (-6.8)
Bradley-Terry 73%
Weighted B-T 82%
Efficiency Plus ML IOWA -8.0 (+5.0) 135.7 (-0.7) 79%
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -7.9 (+5.1) 140.3 (-5.3) 77%
Baseline ML IOWA -8.1 (+4.9) 142.6 (-7.6) 77%
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -8.6 (+4.4) 137.5 (-2.5) 79%

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 18, 2025 UCLA 9470 IOWA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA UCLA
Overall 24-13 24-12
Conference 10-10 13-7
Home 15-3 17-1
Away 3-8 4-6
Neutral 6-2 3-5
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.5 77.1
Avg Pts Against 66.3 71.1
Massey 17.8 (#18) 12.5 (#43)
Bradley-Terry 2.84 (#27) 2.50 (#36)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.08 (#26) 3.30 (#38)
RPI 0.601 (#39) 0.571 (#70)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA UCLA
FG% 53.3% 48.9%
3PT% 39.2% 39.8%
REB / G 31.1 33.1
OREB / G 8.9 10.2
AST / TO 1.78 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 60.9% 55.9%
TOV% 15.2% 15.0%
ORB% 32.4% 32.5%
FT Rate 30.4% 28.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 24.2% 21.1%
DRB% 70.9% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.6% 26.6%

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