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College Basketball Odds, Picks, Prediction for Iowa vs. Northwestern
Iowa vs. Northwestern Odds
When the common season schedule got here out, noone knew this matchup between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Northwestern Wildcats would have such big Massive-Ten implications. Northwestern enters this matchup using a four-game profitable streak, whereas Iowa has received 4 of its previous 5.
Within the final assembly on January thirty first, the Hawkeyes cruised to an 86-70 residence victory, so the Wildcats will likely be trying to avenge their loss from that matchup. Moreover, the Hawkeyes can leap to second place within the Massive-Ten standings if they’re able to come out of Evanston with a victory.
These groups are drastically completely different by way of offensive types. The Hawkeyes like to get out in transition and the Wildcats transfer at a snails tempo. I believe that is an intriguing matchup to breakdown and I’m excited to dive in.
Regardless of the departures of CJ Fredrick, Jordan Bohannon and Keegan Murray, the Hawkeyes offense has not skipped a beat.
Per KenPom, the Hawkeyes are third within the nation in adjusted offensive effectivity and 53rd in adjusted tempo. This crew likes to fly up and down the courtroom, so in the event that they’re cooking from the skin they may blow opponents out of the health club. Kris Murray leads the Hawkeyes in scoring, averaging 21 factors per sport.
Quite a lot of speak about final yr’s Hawkeyes crew centered on how poor they have been on the defensive finish of the ground. Effectively, they definitely have cleaned issues up a bit this season, as they rank a good eighty fifth in defensive effectivity. The Hawkeyes could possibly be a matchup nightmare for lots of groups when the calendar turns to March.
Contemplating how sluggish Northwestern goes on offense, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if the Hawkeyes can replicate their efficiency from their earlier matchup in opposition to the Wildcats, when Iowa shot 10-of-21 from 3-point land.
It’s been a terrific season for the Wildcats, and they’re going to look to proceed to strengthen their resume with one other massive residence victory on Sunday night. The actual query is that if they’re up for the problem of containing this Iowa offense. Northwestern will want all the assistance it may possibly get from its terrific backcourt duo of Boo Buie and Chase Audige.
To no shock, the Wildcats have leaned closely on their protection, the place they rank twenty fourth in adjusted defensive effectivity and 281st in adjusted tempo. They like to sluggish their opponents down and decrease the variance by limiting possessions.
They’ve additionally gotten the job carried out on the charity stripe, rating 57th in FT%, which is another excuse they’ve been profitable. My solely fear concerning the Wildcats is that they might have some regression coming because of not being balanced on each ends of the ground.
Per Shot High quality, the Wildcats maintain a -8.01 record-luck, which signifies they’ve been a bit lucky this season. I believe that they’re taking part in significantly better basketball heading into this matchup than previous to final month’s conflict, however Northwestern definitely doesn’t need the regression monster looming because it goes up in opposition to Iowa’s firepower.
Iowa vs. Northwestern Betting Decide
That is going to be a terrific basketball sport, and it’s going to be a real chess match between these groups. With such a distinction in types, I can see why this line has opened at Iowa -1.
I believe it is a good spot for the Hawkeyes. Northwestern is coming off two powerful, emotional victories up to now week, so it could possibly be a bit sleepy, even at residence. I additionally imagine the Hawkeyes have approach an excessive amount of firepower for the Wildcats to maintain up.
I’ll roll the cube that Iowa stays scorching on offense and that Northwestern will battle to maintain up, simply because it did within the earlier matchup.
Decide: Iowa -1 (Wager as much as -2)
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Iowa high school football computer rankings (10/10/2024)
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
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Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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Grinnell window manufacturer announces plans to lay off 152 workers in November
JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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Iowa Coach Fires Brutal Quote at Players Leaving Via Transfer
The Iowa Hawkeyes lost two players from their football team this week.
Both running back Leshon Williams and wide receiver Kaleb Brown have announced that they will redshirt for the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal at the end of the year.
Despite the two players opting to leave the program, it hasn’t phased head coach Kirk Ferentz. He isn’t worried about the decisions that they made at all.
When asked about Williams and Brown transferring, Ferentz offered a short and brutal quote.
“Not to be callous, but if a player isn’t playing, you don’t lose much.”
Williams had been dealing with an injury throughout the season thus far. Before the injury, he had shown flashes of being a player that could end up making an impact. Unfortunately, those flashes were never able to come to light on the field.
As for Brown, there were big plans for him coming into the season. But, he was suspended for the first game of the year and was never able to earn his role back.
Clearly, Ferentz is not worried about how his team will respond to the news. Basically, he doesn’t think the losses of them will impact the team at all.
Ferentz isn’t necessarily wrong with what he stated. Neither player had a role that will change how the team has been operating. However, it was the way he said it that was a bit out of line.
Regardless of the role that they players had, handling the situation with a bit more grace would have been a better look.
All of that being said, Iowa is not a program that needs to be graceful necessarily. The Hawkeyes want to win football games and neither Williams or Brown was contributing to that goal so far this year.
Looking ahead to the future, we wish the best to both Williams and Brown. Hopefully, they find success in their future endeavors.
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