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Eastern Illinois at Iowa

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Eastern Illinois0-1 · Ohio Valley going in
47–91Final
Iowa1-0 · Big Ten going in

Fri, Nov 6 · 8:30 PM ET · BTN

Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA

The Call How this works

GordStats had Iowa by 26.2✓, the book by 34.5: a lean to Eastern Illinois +34.5✗.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

EIU 1%win chanceIowa 99%
GordStatsIowa by 26.299% to win · EIU 55–Iowa 81
BookIowa -34.5O/U 134.5

Unit vs Unit

  • Iowa's shooting (20th) meets Eastern Illinois' shot defense (352nd).
  • Iowa's defense (30th) meets Eastern Illinois' offense (344th).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Eastern Illinois Offense vs Iowa Defense

EIU offIowa def
Adj. efficiency
344th95.230th96.8
Effective FG%
258th42.6%49th35.9%
Turnovers
340th25.8%60th22.7%
Offensive rebounding
272nd23.9%75th23.0%
Free-throw rate
265th26.5%252nd41.4%
3-point %
327th14.3%37th12.0%

Eastern Illinois: 69.9 possessions a game (265th fastest) · 21% of shots from three

Iowa Offense vs Eastern Illinois Defense

Iowa offEIU def
Adj. efficiency
52nd113.8311th111.2
Effective FG%
20th64.0%352nd66.8%
Turnovers
181st17.4%120th19.2%
Offensive rebounding
89th36.5%308th39.3%
Free-throw rate
119th40.5%280th44.5%
3-point %
105th36.4%325th42.6%

Iowa: 66.9 possessions a game (361st fastest) · 50% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

Eastern Illinois

  • L57–91at Indiana−6

Iowa

  • W76–54vs Lipscomb+2

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.