Buckeyes vs Hawkeyes

Gameday · SAT JAN 2

Ohio StateVSIowa

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Tip12:00 PM ET

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Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA

Win probability

1912 blend

43% OSUIOWA 57%

Adj. efficiency35%

65%

SRS37%

63%

Elo56%

44%

IOWA +3.5

Proj. margin

130.5

Proj. total

57.9

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 0J.Mobley Jr.G · 5.0 APG19.3
• 1A.BynumF · 5.7 RPG15.0
• 10J.PippenG · 2.3 APG10.3
• 4A.JelavicF · 7.3 RPG15.0
• 6A.Thompson4.0 RPG5.7

• 8C.KochF · 5.0 RPG13.7
• 23I.HowardG · 0.0 APG7.3
• 24T.SageG · 0.7 APG9.3
• 11K.CombsG · 3.7 APG6.3
• 3C.ManyawuF · 3.3 RPG5.7

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+23.3Adj. net rating+25.3

27thAdj. net rank21st

125.1Adj. offense124.9

101.7Adj. defense99.6

72.7Pace43.0

9.7SRS10.4

2031Elo1986

2–1Record2–1

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games

85.3Points85.0

77.7Opp points64.7

52.6%eFG%61.0%

16.0%TO%27.0%

30.6%OREB%34.2%

.50FT rate.56

41%3PA rate44%

56%Assisted FG%55%

Last five games

Ohio State

W84-74vs MRSH

W89-65vs YSU

L83-94@ BYU

L64-66vs TCU

L67-71@ MICH

Iowa

L88-93vs VT

W91-47vs EIU

W76-54vs LIP

L59-71@ ILL

W77-71@ NEB

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26IOWA 69 · OSU 72Thu, 3/12

25-26OSU 57 · IOWA 74Wed, 2/25

24-25IOWA 77 · OSU 70Wed, 3/12

24-25IOWA 65 · OSU 82Mon, 1/27

23-24OSU 90 · IOWA 78Thu, 3/14

23-24OSU 77 · IOWA 79Fri, 2/2

22-23OSU 73 · IOWA 69Thu, 3/9

22-23OSU 75 · IOWA 92Thu, 2/16

22-23IOWA 77 · OSU 93Sat, 1/21

21-22IOWA 75 · OSU 62Sat, 2/19

Game information

TipSaturday, Jan 2 · 12:00 PM ET

VenueCarver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA

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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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