He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Big 12 Conference · Hope Coliseum · February 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread TTU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Money WVU +180 / TTU -218
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual TTU +7 133 Lost
Massey TTU -5.6 (-1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 138.6 (-5.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 25% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 24% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TTU -3.5 (-3.5) 134.1 (-1.1) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TTU -2.8 (-4.2) 135.5 (-2.5) 37% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TTU -3.4 (-3.6) 131.1 (+1.9) 35% ✓
Baseline ML TTU -3.6 (-3.4) 133.2 (-0.2) 39% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 22, 2025 TTU 73 – 51 WVU
Mar 2, 2024 TTU 81 – 70 WVU
Mar 9, 2023 WVU 78 – 62 TTU
Feb 18, 2023 TTU 78 – 72 WVU
Jan 26, 2023 WVU 76 – 61 TTU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WVU TTU
Overall 21-14 23-11
Conference 9-9 12-6
Home 15-3 14-2
Away 3-6 5-5
Neutral 3-5 4-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak W3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 80.3
Avg Pts Against 65.7 73.1
Massey 9.5 (#62) 18.0 (#23)
Bradley-Terry 1.73 (#60) 3.34 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.36 (#57) 4.08 (#20)
RPI 0.543 (#89) 0.646 (#8)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU TTU
FG% 44.5% 46.7%
3PT% 35.3% 38.6%
REB / G 35.2 37.7
OREB / G 10.3 12.3
AST / TO 1.18 1.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 55.8%
TOV% 17.3% 15.0%
ORB% 30.7% 34.0%
FT Rate 24.9% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 15.6%
DRB% 73.1% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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