The Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Maryland. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. ET on FS1.
Maryland is favored by 12.5 points on the spread with a moneyline of -650. The total is set at 158.5 points.
Here are my Iowa vs. Maryland predictions and college basketball picks for February 16, 2025.
Iowa vs Maryland Prediction
My Pick: Maryland -11.5 (Play to -12.5)
My Iowa vs Maryland best bet is on the Terps spread, with the best odds currently available at FanDuel. For all of your college basketball bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NCAAB odds page.
Iowa vs Maryland Odds
| Iowa Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+12.5 -115 | 158.5 -108 / -112 | +470 |
| Maryland Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-12.5 -105 | 158.5 -108 / -112 | -650 |
- Iowa vs Maryland spread: Maryland -12.5
- Iowa vs Maryland over/under: 158.5 points
- Iowa vs Maryland moneyline: Maryland -650, Iowa +470
- Iowa vs Maryland best bet: Maryland -11.5 (Play to -12.5)
Spread
I'm betting the Terps to cover as big home favorites.
Moneyline
I'm passing on the moneyline.
Over/Under
I'm passing on the over/under.
My Pick: Maryland -11.5 (Play to -12.5)
Iowa vs Maryland College Basketball Betting Preview
It’s been a tough season for the Hawkeyes, and it’s about to get much tougher now that Owen Freeman is done for the campaign (right finger injury).
Iowa’s interior defense was already pathetic, and the Hawkeyes are now even smaller without Freeman, often running 6-foot-8 at the five with Ladji Dembele.
That’s a huge problem against the rim-reliant Terps, who will cut, roll and post the rim relentlessly behind Julian Reese and Derik Queen.
I also don’t trust Iowa’s dribble defense against Ja’Kobi Gillespie, a very efficient perimeter ball-screen orchestrator.
Iowa is still a super scary, uber-efficient, pace-and-space offense, working tirelessly in transition while running relentless secondary actions on the perimeter to generate catch-and-shoot opportunities and bomb away from deep.
Unfortunately for the Hawkeyes, Maryland plays drop-coverage, funneling on-ball creation into the middle of the floor while viciously denying secondary catch-and-shoot opportunities.
Fran McCaffery-led offenses are never comfortable running primary-creation offense, so I don’t love their chances on Sunday.
The number is a bit high, but it could be a good letdown spot for the Hawkeyes on the second leg of a two-game road trip after upsetting Rutgers in Piscataway on Wednesday.
Ultimately, I don’t see how Iowa keeps this one close unless the Hawkeyes make a million tough jumpers across 40 minutes (which, I admit, isn’t out of the realm of possibility).
